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Hospitals may have to ration care if COVID and flu surge continues, CDC warns (www.salon.com)

submitted 11 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/health@lemmy.world

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Against a surge of respiratory illnesses, including flu, RSV and COVID-19, on Thursday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warned hospitals might be forced to triage care if hospitalizations continue to rise. In some parts of the country, the CDC stated, pediatric hospitals are already nearly as full as they were this time last year. If these trends continue, the situation will likely strain emergency departments and hospitals.

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[–] Drusas@kbin.social 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

...warned hospitals might be forced to triage care....

I understand what they mean, but hospitals always triage care. It's why you might have to sit six hours in the emergency department waiting to see a doctor if you go in with a sprained ankle versus immediately being seen when you go in with chest pain.

[–] pohart@programming.dev 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Lol. Good luck with six hours. It was 12h before we left beforeb this surge.

[–] Drusas@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago

Depends on your hospital. The longest I've ever had to wait in the ER was 6 hours, so that's what I went with.