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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby
A more pressing fear would be - what if it's near capacity and some sudden tragedy hits - like a multi-vehicle accident that sends a few people to the ER? Who gets the ICU bed, and who gets put on a rolling cot out in the hallway and possibly bleeds to death?
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I've never seen a situation such as that. We had 32 ICU beds and they were generally 100% full. When there were patients in the ER who needed ICU and the attending physician was reluctant to transfer his patients to the floor, I would go around both ICU's and always find at least 10 beds I could free up. In reality, the numbers don't tell the whole story unless you know how they are derived, just like that BOGUS 30th in the world ranking, which I've explained a dozen times over the last year.