Thank you very much for sharing your professional perspective. It mirrors what I am being told by my former co-workers on the fire department that I retired from. 90% of our calls are EMS, people having resperatory distress and requiring transport typically are our bread and butter. Since this started around here the call volume has spiked because of all the panicked people not because the actual serious cases have increased.
North central TX. That’s what we are experiencing. Anyone who is diagnosed positive and feels a bit off is calling for emergency transport. Runs per shift have doubled. The hospitals and waiting rooms are packed. All CPAP, BiPAP and ventilators are in use. I know some nurses getting north of $100/hr to come in and work.