Advancing Pop-Up Hospitals for Pandemic and/or Crises - COVID 19

于二零二零年四月，一间设有100张病床的临时医院于阿尔伯塔省卡尔加里成立，以收容COVID-19患者。 为了迅速应对危机局势，医院在两周内建成并可投入使用。虽然两周的安装时间轴对于一个完整的医院是好的，但从感染到需要住院的需要率可能是两到十天。在疫情爆发期间，两周时间太长，无法做出充分反应。两家主要供应商Sprung Instant Structures Ltd.和Falkbuilt Ltd.认为，一家弹出式医院可以在一周内建成并投入使用。这些高度灵活的构建可以安装在加拿大和地球仪的任何地方：农村，偏远和城市。 这个应对COVID-19的应用研究项目的目标是通过研究卡尔加里Peter Lougheed医院停车场临时医院的历史实施过程，为解决社区创新挑战做出贡献。该项目将努力了解经验教训，然后提出一个新的要求纲要，以便在一周内交付一所新医院，这一非常短的时间框架涵盖了从批准到入住的整个过程。这些成果能够更快地应对COVID-19或其他需要快速和完整的医院基础设施的危机情况。这将确保所有加拿大人在需要的时候都能获得安全的医疗环境，无论他们住在哪里。

In April 2020 a 100-bed temporary hospital was established to accommodate COVID-19 patients in Calgary, Alberta. Motivated to respond rapidly to a crisis situation, the hospital was constructed and ready for occupancy in two weeks. While a two-week installation timeline for a complete hospital is good, the rate of need from infection to needing hospitalization can be two to ten days. During an outbreak, two weeks is too long to be adequately responsive. The two primary suppliers, Sprung Instant Structures Ltd. and Falkbuilt Ltd. believe a pop-up hospital can be erected and ready for occupancy within one-week. These highly flexible builds can be installed anywhere in Canada and around the globe: rural, remote and urban. The objective of this COVID-19 response, applied research project, is to contribute to the solution of community innovation challenges through a study of the historical implementation process of a pop-up hospital in the parking lot at the Peter Lougheed hospital in Calgary. The project will seek to understand the experience, lessons learned and then produce a novel outline of the requirements to deliver a new hospital within one week.This very short time frames covers from authorization to occupancy. The outcomes enable a faster response capacity for COVID-19 or other crisis situations requiring a quick and complete hospital infrastructure. This will ensure all Canadian will have access to a safe medical environment in times of high need, where ever they live.