Hospitals overwhelmed by covid are turning to 'crisis standards of care.' What does that mean?

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Long-feared rationing of medical care has become a reality in some parts of the United States as the delta variant drives a new wave of coronavirus cases, pushing hospitals to the brink.

Idaho last week activated statewide “crisis standards of care,” in which health systems can prioritize patients for scarce resources — based largely on their likelihood of survival — and even deny treatment. The decisions affect covid and non-covid patients. Some hospitals in Montana and Alaska have turned to crisis standards as well, while Hawaii’s governor this month released health workers from liability if they have to ration care.

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What do crisis standards of care look like?

The emergency room at Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage was so packed recently that patients waited in their cars for care. Physician Kristen Solana Walkinshaw told The Washington Post last week that her team had four patients who needed continuous kidney dialysis and only two machines available.

In Idaho, health officials said, crisis care standards may mean that patients end up treated in hallways or tents. Elective and nonurgent surgeries have been delayed at one hospital. There may be fewer nurses and doctors caring for more people. Patients may wait hours to get what they need or have to transfer to another hospital far away — though health leaders caution that neighboring states are struggling with an influx of coronavirus cases, too.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/hospitals-overwhelmed-by-covid-are-turning-to-crisis-standards-of-care-what-does-that-mean/ar-AAOHcHc

[Lovie777]

1. It means, people who refuse vaccinations and are sick as hell . .....

why red states are not sharing the antibodies medications to those that desperately need it, the medication that DeSantis and other red states promotes.

[keithbvadu2]

2. Republicans now have their death panels