NEW: Colorado activates "crisis standards of care" for EMS due to COVID-19 surge. Ambulances may not be dispatched on as many calls and suspected COVID patients in continuous cardiac arrest will not be transported to hospitals. #COVID19Colorado
"Patients in cardiac arrest with an initial rhythm of ventricular fibrillation should have limited efforts at resuscitation including CPR, electrical defibrillation and
ACLS drugs," per the Crisis Standards of Care guide.
ACLS drugs," per the Crisis Standards of Care guide.
Under Crisis Standards of Care, EMS is directed to only transport the most severe cases. The criteria for not transporting patients under the age of 60 is below. 
The guide even offers a suggested script for EMS employees to read to patients who aren't going to be transported to the hospital.
Colorado's Chief Medical Officer Dr Eric France activated the protocols citing "many EMS staff out ill and ... high demands for patient transports." CDPHE says this step was last implemented in April 2020.
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