Something that has been annoying me all pandemic is this idea of ICU beds and capacity It's often painted as having [x] number of beds, all of which are available for COVID-19 Thanks not really how it works, sadly 1/n
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7/n So when we talk about overwhelming hospital capacity, it's not the enormous wave that is often portrayed Often, a few extra people in ICU tips the balance
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8/n This is also why it's so hard to increase capacity. You can't just magic up trained ICU staff from nowhere, and you don't want untrained people in an ICU
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9/ So on any one day, you'd expect an ICU of, say, 20 beds to have 16-18 patients already - heart attacks, strokes, recent surgeries, accidents etc Add just a few more from COVID-19 and, well...
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