Arizona doctors are preparing to triage coronavirus patients

[denem]

Gov. Ducey orders Arizona bars, gyms and theaters closed again; large gatherings restricted

... In addition to the state's 1,588 known COVID-19 deaths, 84% of current inpatient beds and 88% of ICU beds are occupied. Those numbers are expected to get worse, and doctors are preparing for triage situations where those with the best chance of surviving would receive the most comprehensive treatment.

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-health/2020/06/29/arizona-coronavirus-update-from-governor-doug-ducey-june-29/3280626001/

Death panels, anyone?

[SMC22307]

1. K&R

[dweller]

2. maybe fatnixon will send

a Navy hospital ship ?


✌🏼

[denem]

3. A navy hospital ship moored in his border moat

amongst the gators.

[pfitz59]

23. Yuma used to be a port city

Until the Colorado was dammed.

[soothsayer]

4. Hello? Remember field hospitals??

[denem]

6. The field hospitals are the 'less comprehensive' treatments.

[BlueSpot]

15. But they open space in the "real" hospitals

And they keep non-Covid patients separate from Covid patients, which is not a bad thing.

[Snackshack]

18. It's supposed to be 109...

This weekend Saturday - Tuesday. Temps have regularly between 100°-105°. Field hospitals would have to be indoors somewhere like one of the sports stadiums or other indoor areas. Here in the valley.

[soothsayer]

5. Why didn't the freaking task force get ahead of this

[Takket]

7. .

[Snackshack]

19. Yep...

[Grasswire2]

9. "....one day, it will disappear, like a miracle......"

Blah blah blah from you know who.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

8. Republican-controlled governments ARE death panels......

in many, many ways.........

[roamer65]

10. There will be a lot of it in the coming year or two.

All the fault of Dumps mismanagement.

[Thomas Hurt]

11. conservatives won't learn until they are stacking corpses on the curbs...

because the hospitals are overwhelmed, not enough health care workers, or PPE.

Bring out your dead!

[denem]

12. Conservatives are just dandy with triage,

as long as it is by ability to pay.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

17. Maybe we should

Stack the corpses at the homes of republicans.

Put me on McConnell's front porch blocking the door,if covid kills me.

[ThoughtCriminal]

13. They spent weeks convincing his base that masks were for losers

and an "Anti-Trump" statement. Now his pal Gov. Ducey is discovering that they cannot re-program that stupidity. The MAGAs are still convinced that wearing maks and staying home are the worst thing since death camps.

Even if these imbeciles get clue tonight, it will take weeks and months to undo the damage.

[Initech]

14. My brother was talking about DNR orders a couple months ago.

Scary to think that is a very real possibility.

[Snackshack]

16. No.

This is not death panels. It is unfortunately the reality of a situation where there are mass casualties and a limited number of resources. The resources have to be applied to those who have the best chance of benefitting from them. It is horrible that it has to be done because it did not / should not have come to this.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

20. Let's see, 84% of current inpatient beds and 88% of ICU beds are occupied.

Keep in mind that the for-profit health care system only sees the empty beds and how they are not bringing in any revenue.

[roamer65]

21. People who don't wear masks in public places should be at the end of the line.

Dunno how it could be implemented, but they should not be first in line.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

22. Italy warned us.