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Where are you getting this from? I bet they have taken at least 50% capacity on average of our 4 bed ICU over the last few months.
by n8henrie 5y ago
Where are you getting this from? I bet they have taken at least 50% capacity on average of our 4 bed ICU over the last few months.
- raxxorrax 5y agoThat would make sense then. In that case I am firmly for throwing these two rascals in prison.
- SideburnsOfDoom 5y agoPlease don't demonise them.
- n8henrie 5y agoNot sure I understand this comment. Unfortunately each of these cases often occupies an ICU bed for weeks. As a result we transfer dozens of other patients hundreds of miles away, and often after >24 hours boarding in the emergency department, because every other ICU bed is full as well (in addition to mandatory down time for the flight crews, which are also working overtime). With help from my ~5 person ED staff, I've called as many as 50 hospitals in a night (spanning 6 of the largest states) trying to find an open ICU bed. Some relevant conversation on a thread I started in r/medicine: <https://www.reddit.com/r/medicine/comments/r6bl1u/not_accepting_transfers_from_out_of_state/ https://www.reddit.com/r/medicine/comments/r6bl1u/not_accept...>