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Hospitals are looking for ICU beds...anywhere they can.
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You're looking for a deal.
Hospitals are looking for ICU beds...anywhere they can.
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*St. Louis ICUs "at capacity"
*Hospital leaders calling a list of hospitals btwn St. Louis to Chicago find any ICU bed
*Patients being flown up ~100 mi away for ICU care https://www.kmov.com/news/at-capacity-st-louis-area-hospitals-send-covid-19-patients-needing-icu-beds-to-other/article_f337f724-2f65-11eb-957c-fb344a6cd17e.html
*Hospital leaders calling a list of hospitals btwn St. Louis to Chicago find any ICU bed
*Patients being flown up ~100 mi away for ICU care https://www.kmov.com/news/at-capacity-st-louis-area-hospitals-send-covid-19-patients-needing-icu-beds-to-other/article_f337f724-2f65-11eb-957c-fb344a6cd17e.html
Another Missouri: Patient in need of neurosurgery ends up in Iowa. "The hospital spent the next 25 hours trying to find a health center in a six-state area that had a neurosurgery ICU bed available." https://www.ky3.com/2020/11/17/houston-mo-brain-surgery-patient-ends-up-in-iowa-after-no-hospitals-in-region-had-icu-beds-available/
Minnesota -friend and VP UM Fairview Health @karynbaum & team scale up command center for entire state to find beds.
Describes minute to minute situation: "like a game of ‘Tetris.’ You’ve got to find that right bed and the right space at the right time” https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2020/11/25/an-exclusive-look-inside-c4-minnesotas-covid-command-center/
Describes minute to minute situation: "like a game of ‘Tetris.’ You’ve got to find that right bed and the right space at the right time” https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2020/11/25/an-exclusive-look-inside-c4-minnesotas-covid-command-center/
Ohio: “We have already reached now, several days, where we’ve called Columbus, Cincinnati, Dayton and none of those hospitals can take COVID patients — they’re full,” Tucker said. https://ohiovalleyresource.org/2020/11/26/more-sick-staff-fewer-beds-for-rural-hospitals-as-covid-19-spreads-through-ohio-valley/
Iowa - in @TheEconomist "Dr Runde helps to run patient transfers in Iowa and says it can take hours of calling hospitals, some in other states, to find a bed."
Also: “If you’re not going to die in the next six to 12 hours, then you have to wait,” he says. https://www.economist.com/united-states/2020/11/28/the-midwest-is-americas-covid-19-hotspot
Also: “If you’re not going to die in the next six to 12 hours, then you have to wait,” he says. https://www.economist.com/united-states/2020/11/28/the-midwest-is-americas-covid-19-hotspot
I study handoffs. Last thing you want when you're critically ill- covid or not- is get to your hospital & can't get a bed...and be handed off to another state. What happens when they run out?
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