Thread - A NYC ER doctor describes the scene to me they are seeing:
“Stretchers are packed in metal to metal, stacked 3 deep head to toe, with no space for doctors or nurses to walk to patients,” this physician said.
“Stretchers are packed in metal to metal, stacked 3 deep head to toe, with no space for doctors or nurses to walk to patients,” this physician said.
“When patients deteriorate, you hope you see them from across the room and hope you can move enough stretchers out of the way to get that person to a critical care area.”
Describing crowded conditions, they said “critical care patients are stuffed into the critical care area with patients floating in the middle of the room,” and that some admitted patients are sitting in chairs b/c they do not have any more free stretchers, and there is no room.
The physician noted that the availability of portable oxygen tanks is also a concern. “We are in danger of running out of those tanks every day,” they said.
