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ER on wheels: Mobile center opens doors to patients after Sandy
In anticipation of a forecasted Nor'easter - expected to usher in rain, snow and high winds to states already struggling to pick themselves up in the wake of superstorm Sandy - a mobile emergency department is bringing much-needed help to local hospitals. Hosted by Hackensack University Medical Center, in Hackensack, N.J., the New Jersey Mobile Satellite Department has been deployed twice already in the past week-and-a-half at the request of the state health department. The mobile ER is made up of 15 trucks, including three large ones used as treatment areas. There are also special trucks to produce oxygen and interconnect the vehicles. The trucks are 'full-service' ERs with monitor beds, ultrasound capabilities, pharmaceutical reservoirs and an entire support team of doctors, nurses and technicians. In a 24-hour period, the service - including equipment, personnel and supplies - costs approximately $15,000. "On the outside, they look like box trucks," Dr. Joseph Feldman, the chairman of emergency services at Hackensack told FoxNews.com. "But from the inside, you would never know you were in a truck. You would think you were in a state-of-the-art emergency department."
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