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But I’d find it much more informative to know percent ICU beds occupied and length of stay/ turnover of rooms.

My wife has been a nurse for 35 years. All of those have been spent in Emergency, Critical Care and Cath Lab.

Her response to these stories -- NEVER in her career has there been a day where ICU was NOT completely full. They were always holding patients in the Cath lab or in the hall in the Emergency room waiting for an ICU or CCU bed to come open.

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Her response to these stories -- NEVER in her career has there been a day where ICU was NOT completely full. They were always holding patients in the Cath lab or in the hall in the Emergency room waiting for an ICU or CCU bed to come open.

Exactly.

The story makes it seem an 85% ICU rate is abnormally high, when in fact, it is abnormally low.