Based on current plans, wave 3 may have LESS bed capacity than wave 2 for many reasons:
1. We can’t cohort COVID pts in the same rooms anymore because of the VOCs. Before, we could put 2-4 pts in the same room on COVID wards, but now have to wait for VOC results /1
1. We can’t cohort COVID pts in the same rooms anymore because of the VOCs. Before, we could put 2-4 pts in the same room on COVID wards, but now have to wait for VOC results /1
2. We can’t use the OR recovery rooms as ICU overflow space anymore because of the VOCs and inability to cohort multiple COVID patients in one space (the recovery room is one large open space with multiple patient spaces) /2
3. HCWs are burnt out and taking appropriate mental health time off. This means that we are short staffed and have to close beds because they can’t be staffed. I’ve seen this happen almost daily at work. Again, this effectively reduces the space we have to work with /3
The VOCs make the third wave a different beast for so many reasons. Younger (yet-to-be vaccinated) people are getting sicker and more quickly. VOCs transmit more easily. And now you see why we may actually have less hospital capacity than wave 2 all because of the VOCs. /4
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