30 nurses deploy to Gulf Coast VA locations - VAntage Point

According to DEMPS program manager Bill Wince, medical professionals augmented through the program are scheduled to provide services in the Biloxi VA Medical Center’s long-term acute care unit, the intensive care unit, and in the facility’s medical and surgical wards.

He said the volunteer effort also includes medical professionals from VA facilities in New Orleans and Fayetteville, Louisiana; Little Rock, Arkansas; and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

“The DEMPS program relies on volunteers for its success,” Wince said. “They [volunteers] can also support other VA facilities during planned and unplanned surges in patient care workloads. DEMPS helps our national health care system, its Veterans and VA facilities.”

Wince added that the augmentation of these health care professionals also allows Biloxi VA Medical Center medical professionals to engage in VA’s Fourth Mission. That mission provides assistance to medical facilities and organizations outside of VA when needed.