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Why does the complexity of the care matter? There are only so many beds in the hospital.
by __alexs 4y ago
Why does the complexity of the care matter? There are only so many beds in the hospital.
- devilbunny 4y agoNurse (and respiratory care, and physical/occupational therapy, and everyone else):patient ratios. 1:4 is usual; 1:6 is rough, 1:8 is almost undoable. Low-complexity patients ease the per-patient workload, allowing the same number of nurses to cover more patients. In ICU/ITU, typical nursing ratio is 1:2, but some flexed to 1:3 and even 1:4, which is getting into danger territory. Many hospitals in the US closed wards during COVID because they didn't have the staff, not because they physically lacked space.
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- CydeWeys 4y ago"The number of beds in the hospital" is short-hand for the number of attended beds. The actual limit here is doctors and nurses, not the physical number of beds. It's easy to get more beds in an emergency (go to Ikea; I'm not joking). Not so easy to get more trained medical staff.
- __alexs 4y agoNHS staff were not immune from COVID either right? Presumably they had a lot of staff reductions from sickness.