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How do you staff them properly without pulling people out of the already overloaded system?
by ska 7y ago
How do you staff them properly without pulling people out of the already overloaded system?
- bluGill 7y agoYou fly doctors and nurses from where they are going there and back. The hospital in my town could take 3 (out of how many...) people from Italy right now. Of course we just found the first local case yesterday so I have no idea how long there will be room. (we are on stay at home for a week already so maybe we will be fine, maybe not - we will know in a year)
- ska 7y agoI don't think it's that simple. You need EMT's/ambulance crews at a minimum diverted from somewhere, and some amount of presence at airports. You can maybe find nurses from other services to fly, but it's not just them. You'll need specialized cleaning staff, but can probably train them quickly. The medical staff though, that's trickier.
- bluGill 7y agoWe have many emts and fire fighters (medical training part of the job) waiting for something. Take those on call... I agree with your point though, we can safely make a difference to someone, but statically it doesn't show up as we dare not spare that many people lest a real local emergency happen.