Originally Posted by
43Inches
You can still end up in ICU for a number of other reasons. That has always been the issue that covid patients chew up hospital resources that are needed for other things.
I don’t think this point is fully appreciated by anyone without an understanding of how an ICU unit works when treating Covid patients. The resourcing needed and precautions that have to be taken dramatically reduce the capacity that a “Friday night” generates. This then knocks on to downstream units such as HDU, ED and surgery.
Saying they’ve had 18 months to prepare doesn’t mean the healthcare systems are actually in a position to cope, they’ve spent the time firefighting the other issues that are endemic in our underfunded, under resourced and understaffed hospitals.