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No one has claimed that COVID alone
Posted on: December 17, 2021 at 15:46:52 CT
meatiger MU
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is filling the ICU's
If a hospital ICU is designed for the "normal" ICU usage, having even 35% of the ICU being COVID cases is likely going to overwhelm the ICU.
Let's say a hospital has 20 ICU beds. The size of that ICU would be designed on a basis of that being full most of the time in a non-COVID year.
Now you add in 35% COVID cases (let's say 7), you now have 7 extra cases that hospital was not designed for.
Of course, I am sure normal ICU usage would vary by year, but given the costs of ICU rooms, I doubt most would be over-designed by 35%.
Thus, the current issue.
Although the bigger issue is that the pause we had last year was to be able to build in flexibility into ICU rooms that allows them to get more rooms as demand for those rooms goes up.
If a hospital ICU is designed for the "normal" ICU usage, having even 35% of the ICU being COVID cases is likely going to overwhelm the ICU.
Let's say a hospital has 20 ICU beds. The size of that ICU would be designed on a basis of that being full most of the time in a non-COVID year.
Now you add in 35% COVID cases (let's say 7), you now have 7 extra cases that hospital was not designed for.
Of course, I am sure normal ICU usage would vary by year, but given the costs of ICU rooms, I doubt most would be over-designed by 35%.
Thus, the current issue.
Although the bigger issue is that the pause we had last year was to be able to build in flexibility into ICU rooms that allows them to get more rooms as demand for those rooms goes up.
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No one has claimed that COVID alone - meatiger MU - 12/17 15:46:52