St. Peter's Health (Montana): 'We are in crisis standards of care'

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St. Peter’s Health has announced they are in “crisis care” as their critical care units reach full capacity.
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Under crisis care, hospital staff may be forced to evaluate patients on survivability and will move resources to patients that have a better chance of survival. St. Peter’s says crisis standards are not a flipped switch situation, but a stepped approached without official levels and different departments may be at different levels depending on the number and severity of patients they are dealing with.

On Thursday, the regional hospital said their Intensive Care Unit and Advanced Medical Unit are at 100% capacity. Their morgue is also full right now, and they’ve requested a freezer truck.
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St. Peter’s has requested assistance from the Montana National Guard in responding to the crisis. They are unsure if the request will be granted. - KTVH Helena Montana

[LiberatedUSA]

1. This is the point where rationing should mean...

…are you vaccinated? Yes? Let us take a look at you.

No? Can’t you do your not breathing somewhere else then, please? We have real patients to treat.

[Sherman A1]

3. Yup

That is what I would suggest.

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4. There's some logic to triage care in what you just said

Triage is to sort. If a person shows up at the hospital without proof of vaccination and the health system has no record of them being vaccinated or clearly haven't been vaccinated, there's greater chance that they will occupy a room in the hospital and take up resources and eventually die anyway.

Whereas, if the person is vaccinated, there's every chance they will survive and only need care for a short spell. Take them in.

[bucolic_frolic]

2. I'm guessing Republican governors

are not requesting medical personnel - heaven forbid - from the federal government. That would really prompt a protest.

[Runningdawg]

5. No national guard to the rescue. In red or blue states.

Field hospitals for those who have been vaccinated and have only mild cases not requiring an ICU and those who need to be hospitalized for other reasons such as surgery or delivering a baby should have been built and staffed with NG over a year ago.
But no, lets park that expectant mom or grandma who broke her hip in a basement hallway right next to the guy waiting for a ventilator. Yeah, I realize I am old and retired but this is not what we were taught in nursing school about pandemics. SMH

[UpInArms]

6. The GQP Created their Death Panels

Although the details of the argument evolved over time, the gist was always the same: “Obamacare” would ration treatments for society’s most vulnerable members, like the disabled and the elderly, because their lives wouldn’t be deemed worth the expense of saving.

[keithbvadu2]

8. Republican Lt. Gov. suggests elderly should be sacrificed to save the economy

Republican Lt. Gov. suggests elderly should be sacrificed to save the economy

[New Haven]

7. thank you for identifying the State