Ambulance Strike Teams to Assist Hospitals in Missouri; state providing personnel and equipment for monoclonal antibody centralized infusion

[Emily]

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July 23, 2021 •
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Ambulance Strike Teams to Assist Hospitals in Missouri

The strike teams are expected to arrive Friday and will include 10 advanced life support ambulances and 20 medical professionals, two strike team leaders and a logistics specialist to help with transporting patients.
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The state also is providing personnel and equipment to support a center for monoclonal antibody centralized infusion, which has been shown to reduce the risk of severe disease and hospitalization in some COVID-19 patients.

Greene County also has asked for an area hotel to be converted to a stand-alone alternate medical site to offer acute care or serve as a step-down unit for COVID-19 patients. That request has been submitted to federal emergency management officials, Parson's office said.

[sharon sanders]

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