Posted on 10/22/2020 8:16:35 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. – St. Louis County leaders said the latest COVID data is concerning.
St. Louis Metro Pandemic Task Force leader Dr. Alex Garza said they are seeing a high number of occupied hospital beds with about 90 percent of healthcare beds full in the SSM Health system. The numbers were slightly lower in metro hospitals at 85 percent.
“Speaking with our task force hospitals yesterday that same sort of level was echoed across all the hospitals from St. Luke’s to Mercy to BJC,” Dr. Garza said. “We normally don’t operate at that high of a level.”
However, Dr. Garza said it is not only the lack of room that is stressful, but it is also the concern that there are not enough healthcare workers to staff those hospital beds because more frontline workers are catching the virus.
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From your link:
National Estimates
Number
Percentage (%)
Inpatient Beds Occupied (All Patients)
482,245
67.68
Inpatient Beds Occupied (COVID-19 Patients)
42,489
5.96
ICU Beds Occupied (All Patients)
73,056
68.64
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So nationwide, the share of Inpatient Beds Occupied by COVID-19 Patients is %5.96.
I agree. I’ve always told my kids to just let the coyotes chew on my butt. It’s a shame to not use the protein.
I told Mrs. Chandler that should I predecease her, I want her to put me in a heavy duty Hefty Bag and toss me in a dumpster.
Her reply? “What about the life insurance?”
How many are occupied by covid patients? As cold and flu season approaches it is not unusual for hospitals to be near capacity even without a pandemic
Well they have to lay the blame on some demic.......
Syndemic: A set of linked health problems involving two or more afflictions, interacting synergistically, and contributing to excess burden of disease in a population. Syndemics occur when health-related problems cluster by person, place, or time. For example, the SAVA syndemic is comprised of substance abuse, violence, and AIDS, three conditions that disproportionately afflict those living in poverty in US cities. To prevent a syndemic, one must prevent or control not only each affliction but also the forces that tie those afflictions together. From syn-, together + (epi)-demic.
Not to mention people catching up on elective procedures that they put off when this all began.
How many of these are non-Chyna virus related
How many were surgeries put off?
uh...what is their normal occupancy? I bet it is normally at least 85%.
Yet Chinus hospitalizations in AZ are 10% or less
“Hospitals are in many ways like hotels and the hotel industry ...”
Informative post. Thanks.
Do hospitals get paid extra for coronavirus patients?
What percent of beds are intensive care?
Anecdotally that’s what my daughter the ICU nurse has told me.
“Dad, I haven’t seen a whole lot of COVID patients. The ones I have seen were really, really sick. But I have not seen a lot. “
Do not know for sure the answer to the first question, but the answer to the second is most likely 90%. Empty beds to not generate revenue.
So I guess this means we can expect to see the endless stream of dancing nurses on videos like we did during the first time the hospitals were “overflowing” Yawn...
You can remain naive if you like. I could give a number of situation/stories. Here’s one.
At a certain doctor owned/run hospital, when the doctor returned from vacation he was upset to learn the number of empty beds. The next day, as he began to see new patients at his general practice, he was committed to admit new hospital patients as fast as he could. Those beds needed to filled lickety-split. A certain nurse, friend, knew what he was doing. She shared the following bit (in her words).
“I came out and saw this older gentleman walk back in, and I asked, “Did you find the admittance office?”, he said, “Oh yes, but they told me to come back to see the doctor because I don’t have insurance.”
She said the doctor walked out to where they were, and the doctor asked, “What happened, did you find the admittance office?”, “Yes sir”, he responded, “but they wouldn’t admit me because I don’t have insurance.” The doctor replied, “Let me review my notes...oh yes...it’s alright, you can go on home. I’ll give you a prescription, and you should be fine.”
Hospitals are at capacity but not necessarily with covid patients. There are a lot of open hearts and other procedures that are being done that couldn’t be because of Covid earlier in the year. So add a few extra Covid patient and voila...hospitals reach 85 per cent capacity.
How many folks are in hospital for long overdue procedures.?
“I suspect everyone over 50 who caught the flu probably ran to the hospital in a panic.”
Or ran AWAY from the hospital in a panic, depending which stories they’d heard.
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