Kentucky National Guard set up Alternate Care Facility for COVID-19 patients
6 months ago Kentucky Daily News
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Thirty-nine Soldiers and Airmen from the Kentucky National Guard’s 123rd Civil Engineer Squadron and 613th Engineer Facilities Detachment constructed a 288-bed Alternate Care Facility at the Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center in Louisville, Ky., from April 11-14, 2020. The site, which is expected to be operational April 15, will treat patients suffering from COVID-19 if area hospitals exceed available capacity. The location is scalable to 2,000 beds. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Dale Greer)
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Tech. Sgt. Brandon Hall of the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Civil Engineer Squadron sets up hospital beds at the Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center in Louisville, Ky., April 11, 2020. The site, which is expected to be operational April 15, will serve as an Alternate Care Facility for patients suffering from COVID-19 if area hospitals exceed available capacity. The location initially can treat up to 288 patients and is scalable to 2,000 beds. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Dale Greer)
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Senior Airman Samuel Wurzelbacher of the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Civil Engineer Squadron routes electrical wiring for clinical care space at the Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center in Louisville, Ky., April 13, 2020. The site, which is expected to be operational April 15, will serve as an Alternate Care Facility for patients suffering from COVID-19 if area hospitals exceed available capacity. The location initially can treat up to 288 patients and is scalable to 2,000 beds. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Dale Greer)
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More than 30 members of the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Civil Engineer Squadron set up hospital beds and clinical space at the Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center in Louisville, Ky., April 11, 2020. The site, which is expected to be operational April 15, will serve as an Alternate Care Facility for patients suffering from COVID-19 if area hospitals exceed available capacity. The location initially can treat up to 288 patients and is scalable to 2,000 beds. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Dale Greer)
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Airman 1st Class Trevor Johnson of the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Civil Engineer Squadron cases pillows for an Alternate Care Facility at the Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center in Louisville, Ky., April 14, 2020. The site, which is expected to be operational April 15, will treat patients suffering from COVID-19 if area hospitals exceed available capacity. The location initially will offer care for up to 288 patients and is scalable to 2,000 beds. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Dale Greer)
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Staff Sgt. Wesley Hack of the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Civil Engineer Squadron measures floor space for hospital beds at the Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center in Louisville, Ky., April 11, 2020. The site, which is expected to be operational April 15, will serve as an Alternate Care Facility for patients suffering from COVID-19 if area hospitals exceed available capacity. The location initially can treat up to 288 patients and is scalable to 2,000 beds. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Dale Greer)
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Soldiers from the Kentucky Army National Guard’s 103rd Chemical Battalion distribute hospital bed pillows for an Alternate Care Facility at the Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center in Louisville, Ky., April 14, 2020. The site, which is expected to be operational April 15, will treat patients suffering from COVID-19 if area hospitals exceed available capacity. The location initially will offer care for up to 288 patients and is scalable to 2,000 beds. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Dale Greer)
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Senior Airman Jeffrey Grinstead of the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Civil Engineer Squadron sets up hospital beds at the Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center in Louisville, Ky., April 11, 2020. The site, which is expected to be operational April 15, will serve as an Alternate Care Facility for patients suffering from COVID-19 if area hospitals exceed available capacity. The location initially can treat up to 288 patients and is scalable to 2,000 beds. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Dale Greer)
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Staff Sgt. Wesley Hack (left) and Senior Airman Trenton Curry (center) of the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Civil Engineer Squadron place a mattress on a hospital bed at the Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center in Louisville, Ky., April 11, 2020. The site, which is expected to be operational April 15, will serve as an Alternate Care Facility for patients suffering from COVID-19 if area hospitals exceed available capacity. The location initially can treat up to 288 patients and is scalable to 2,000 beds. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Dale Greer)
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Maj. Tiffany Hubbard of the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Medial Group coordinates clinical support at the Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center in Louisville, Ky., April 11, 2020. The site, which is expected to be operational April 15, will serve as an Alternate Care Facility for patients suffering from COVID-19 if area hospitals exceed available capacity. The location initially can treat up to 288 patients and is scalable to 2,000 beds. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Dale Greer)
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Capt. Jason Selby of the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Civil Engineer Squadron sets up hospital beds and clinical space at the Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center in Louisville, Ky., April 13, 2020. The site, which is expected to be operational April 15, will serve as an Alternate Care Facility for patients suffering from COVID-19 if area hospitals exceed available capacity. The location initially can treat up to 288 patients and is scalable to 2,000 beds. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Dale Greer)
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Spc. Samantha Mays of the Kentucky Army National Guard’s 103rd Chemical Battalion sets up vinyl partitions to go between hospital beds at the Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center in Louisville, Ky., April 14, 2020. The site, which is expected to be operational April 15, will serve as an Alternate Care Facility for patients suffering from COVID-19 if area hospitals exceed available capacity. The location initially can treat up to 288 patients and is scalable to 2,000 beds. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Dale Greer)
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Senior Airman Tristan Baxter of the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Civil Engineer Squadron places a mattress on a hospital bed at the Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center in Louisville, Ky., April 11, 2020. The site, which is expected to be operational April 15, will serve as an Alternate Care Facility for patients suffering from COVID-19 if area hospitals exceed available capacity. The location initially can treat up to 288 patients and is scalable to 2,000 beds. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Dale Greer)
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Tech. Sgt. Desiree Weingarten (center) and Tech. Sgt. Kaleb Henry (right) of the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Civil Engineer Squadron unload hospital bed mattresses at the Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center in Louisville, Ky., April 11, 2020. The site, which is expected to be operational April 15, will serve as an Alternate Care Facility for patients suffering from COVID-19 if area hospitals exceed available capacity. The location initially can treat up to 288 patients and is scalable to 2,000 beds. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Dale Greer)
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Maj. Rebekah Stenger (right), a nurse in the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Medical Group Detachment 1, consults with Maj. Anthony Gardner, a nurse from the same unit, during the set-up of an Alternate Care Facility at the Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center in Louisville, Ky., April 14, 2020. The site, which is expected to be operational April 15, will serve patients suffering from COVID-19 if area hospitals exceed available capacity. The facility initially will offer care for up to 288 patients and is scalable to 2,000 beds. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Dale Greer)
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Airman 1st Class Tristan Baxter of the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Civil Engineer Squadron sets up hospital beds and clinical space at the Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center in Louisville, Ky., April 13, 2020. The site, which is expected to be operational April 15, will serve as an Alternate Care Facility for patients suffering from COVID-19 if area hospitals exceed available capacity. The location initially can treat up to 288 patients and is scalable to 2,000 beds. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Dale Greer)
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More than 30 members of the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Civil Engineer Squadron set up hospital beds and clinical space at the Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center in Louisville, Ky., April 11, 2020. The site, which is expected to be operational April 15, will serve as an Alternate Care Facility for patients suffering from COVID-19 if area hospitals exceed available capacity. The location initially can treat up to 288 patients and is scalable to 2,000 beds. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Dale Greer)
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Master Sgt. Bao Huyng of the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Airlift Wing sets up hospital beds at the Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center in Louisville, Ky., April 11, 2020. The site, which is expected to be operational April 15, will serve as an Alternate Care Facility for patients suffering from COVID-19 if area hospitals exceed available capacity. The facility initially can treat up to 288 patients and is scalable to 2,000 beds. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Dale Greer)
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More than 30 members of the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Civil Engineer Squadron set up hospital beds and clinical space at the Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center in Louisville, Ky., April 14, 2020. The site, which is expected to be operational April 15, will serve as an Alternate Care Facility for patients suffering from COVID-19 if area hospitals exceed available capacity. The location initially can treat up to 288 patients and is scalable to 2,000 beds. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Dale Greer)
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Maj. Amy Riley of the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Medical Group Detachment 1 prepares staff schedules for an Alternate Care Facility at the Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center in Louisville, Ky., April 14, 2020. The site, which is expected to be operational April 15, will serve patients suffering from COVID-19 if area hospitals exceed available capacity. The facility initially will offer care for up to 288 patients and is scalable to 2,000 beds. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Dale Greer)
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Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Civil Engineer Squadron measure floor space for hospital beds at the Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center in Louisville, Ky., April 13, 2020. The site, which is expected to be operational April 15, will serve as an Alternate Care Facility for patients suffering from COVID-19 if area hospitals exceed available capacity. The location initially can treat up to 288 patients and is scalable to 2,000 beds. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Dale Greer)
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More than 30 members of the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Civil Engineer Squadron set up hospital beds and clinical space at the Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center in Louisville, Ky., April 13, 2020. The site, which is expected to be operational April 15, will serve as an Alternate Care Facility for patients suffering from COVID-19 if area hospitals exceed available capacity. The location initially can treat up to 288 patients and is scalable to 2,000 beds. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Dale Greer)
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Senior Airman Tristan Baxter of the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Civil Engineer Squadron places a mattress on a hospital bed at the Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center in Louisville, Ky., April 11, 2020. The site, which is expected to be operational April 15, will serve as an Alternate Care Facility for patients suffering from COVID-19 if area hospitals exceed available capacity. The location initially can treat up to 288 patients and is scalable to 2,000 beds. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Dale Greer)
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Airman 1st Class Steve Shaffer of the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Airlift Wing places a mattress on a hospital bed at the Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center in Louisville, Ky., April 11, 2020. The site, which is expected to be operational April 15, will serve as an Alternate Care Facility for patients suffering from COVID-19 if area hospitals exceed available capacity. The location initially can treat up to 288 patients and is scalable to 2,000 beds. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Dale Greer)
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Margaret Hibbs, a regional preparedness coordinator for the Kentucky Department of Public Health, sorts medical supplies at the Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center in Louisville, Ky., April 11, 2020. The site will serve as an Alternate Care Facility for patients suffering from COVID-19 if area hospitals exceed available capacity. The location initially can treat up to 288 patients and is scalable to 2,000 beds. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Dale Greer)
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Capt. Jason Selby (left) and Staff Sgt. Wesley Hack of the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Civil Engineer Squadron place a mattress on a hospital bed at the Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center in Louisville, Ky., April 11, 2020. The site, which is expected to be operational April 15, will serve as an Alternate Care Facility for patients suffering from COVID-19 if area hospitals exceed available capacity. The location initially can treat up to 288 patients and is scalable to 2,000 beds. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Dale Greer)
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Soldiers from the Kentucky Army National Guard’s 103rd Chemical Battalion set up vinyl partitions to go between hospital beds at the Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center in Louisville, Ky., April 14, 2020. The site, which is expected to be operational April 15, will serve as an Alternate Care Facility for patients suffering from COVID-19 if area hospitals exceed available capacity. The location initially can treat up to 288 patients and is scalable to 2,000 beds. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Dale Greer)
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Members of the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Civil Engineer Squadron consult plans before setting up hospital beds and clinical space at the Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center in Louisville, Ky., April 11, 2020. The site, which is expected to be operational April 15, will serve as an Alternate Care Facility for patients suffering from COVID-19 if area hospitals exceed available capacity. The location initially can treat up to 288 patients and is scalable to 2,000 beds. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Dale Greer)
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Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Civil Engineer Squadron measure floor space for hospital beds at the Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center in Louisville, Ky., April 13, 2020. The site, which is expected to be operational April 15, will serve as an Alternate Care Facility for patients suffering from COVID-19 if area hospitals exceed available capacity. The location initially can treat up to 288 patients and is scalable to 2,000 beds. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Dale Greer)
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Soldiers from the Kentucky Army National Guard’s 103rd Chemical Battalion inventory medical supplies for an Alternate Care Facility at the Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center in Louisville, Ky., April 14, 2020. The site, which is expected to be operational April 15, will treat patients suffering from COVID-19 if area hospitals exceed available capacity. The location initially will offer care for up to 288 patients and is scalable to 2,000 beds. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Dale Greer)
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More than 30 members of the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Civil Engineer Squadron set up hospital beds and clinical space at the Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center in Louisville, Ky., April 13, 2020. The site, which is expected to be operational April 15, will serve as an Alternate Care Facility for patients suffering from COVID-19 if area hospitals exceed available capacity. The location initially can treat up to 288 patients and is scalable to 2,000 beds. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Dale Greer)