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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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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Trained staff = major. I remember after my newborn's surgery, they were short a NICU nurse the one shift, so they had a regular ICU nurse fill in. She had to be watched like a hawk by the others because so much was different. Would have applied vice versa too. ICU is specialized!
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Harder than acquiring equipment (ventilators, monitors, ICU beds) is having enough trained and capable ICU staff to match these additions. Burnout rates are quite high, and there’s a global shortage of Anesthesiologists and intensivists, ICU nurses, respiratory therapists etc.
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