Nicely done.
Those 1.8 million who need to be hospitalized so they don’t die won’t be able to use the 924 107 hospital beds, because they will need ICU beds, which surveys consistently show are about 15% of all hospital beds, or about 138 000 total ICU beds.
However. Some of these are CCU beds, or post-surgery beds.
Also, not all of them are equipped to provide airborne isolation. In my hospital, 2/40 ICU beds are so equipped, and based on my experience, this ratio is normal.
Never mind the staffing issue. Patients will need 1:1, no rotation of staff, one slip and the nurse or tech goes into quarantine x 14 days.
IF we try to maintain the standard of care for one or two patients with even 1000 patients, the system will crash.
THAT’S why this is such a big issue.
Exactly..i didn't even touch upon those factors you mentioned and of those 968,000 beds only 40% or so are actually available at any one time...at least in 2012 where i got the stat from.
As a hospital based intensivist, I assure you this is completely inaccurate.