patients that SHOULD be on ICU monitoring are diverted to Acute care floors but if a patient is vented, they may need to even be in ER with a RN or RT with them the whole time....
again, if you don't have the RT's or the RN's, you divert to other hospitals...if they're full, there will be decisions made I'm sure.
651 posted on 08/20/2021 12:23:54 AM PDT by cherry