Wow 😬 @ahs_media tweeting out a photo of ICU patients double-bunking (this is NOT normal)
They really want everyone to know how serious this is!!!
They really want everyone to know how serious this is!!!
https://twitter.com/AHS_media/status/1438563524159045633
Look at each patient. Look how many tubes/lines are coming out of them, every one corresponding to pump or machine. Both patients are proned (turned on their tummies) for better oxygen exchange. It takes 5 staff to turn them over carefully so the tubes/lines don’t get yanked out.
Where are these 5 staff supposed to go?
Imagine if a patient’s hearts stops, and a resuscitation (a “code”) is called. 8-10 healthcare professionals would need to run in, find space to start doing chest compressions, trading off every 30 seconds, while others give IV meds.
Imagine if a patient’s hearts stops, and a resuscitation (a “code”) is called. 8-10 healthcare professionals would need to run in, find space to start doing chest compressions, trading off every 30 seconds, while others give IV meds.
This is what we mean by suboptimal, compromised care that is necessitated by overloading ICUs with patients. This is not ideal, but thought to be safer than alternative options (creating ICUs on regular ward, expanding to tents, etc)
Make no mistake - AHS knows that this looks really, really bad.
Publishing this tweet must have required sign off from no fewer than a dozen administrators.
They are DESPERATE for Albertans to understand how dire this situation is!!!
Publishing this tweet must have required sign off from no fewer than a dozen administrators.
They are DESPERATE for Albertans to understand how dire this situation is!!!
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