40% of COVID-19 patients in ICU at Riley Hospital for Children are spending time on ventilators (IN)

[Nevilledog]

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Gregory Travis -- "The Duke of Mild" (TM)
@greg_travis
Riley Children’s hospital in Indianapolis being overwhelmed by pediatric admissions.

* Half of admissions going to ICU
* Half of ICU being ventilated
* National guard coming to assist at end of the week

- This is just up the road from me
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40% of COVID-19 patients in ICU at Riley Hospital for Children are spending time on ventilators
Health officials at Riley Hospital for Children said of the patients coming to the hospital with COVID-19, more than half are spending time in the ICU and 40% of those patients are spending time on a...
wrtv.com
8:32 AM · Jan 10, 2022

https://www.wrtv.com/news/coronavirus/covid-19-healthcare/40-of-covid-19-patients-in-icu-at-riley-hospital-for-children-are-spending-time-on-ventilators

INDIANAPOLIS — Health officials at Riley Hospital for Children said of the patients coming to the hospital with COVID-19, more than half are spending time in the ICU and 40% of those patients are spending time on a ventilator.

Elaine Cox, the vice president and chief medical officer at Riley Hospital for Children, said children have been dealing with developmental and behavioral health impacts of the pandemic all along, but now they are feeling the direct impact of COVID-19.

Cox spoke during a press conference with other health leaders on Tuesday.

Right now, the children's hospital has four times as many children being admitted compared to any other previous surge, Cox said.

Of those, more than half are spending time in the ICU, Cox said, and at least 40% of those patients are spending time on a ventilator.

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[SheltieLover]

1. "Mild?"

[70sEraVet]

2. Crap. So the Omicron mutation is hitting our kids harder.

The health and welfare of children are the government's responsibility. Should be able to make vaccinations mandatory.

[Mad_Machine76]

3. And yet

We keep getting op-eds from the "Very Serious People" about how keeping them home and doing remote learning is even "worse" for them.

[ProfessorGAC]

4. What's The Vax Rate For Kids There?

Seems it would be a must-know variable.
If more & sicker kids are being admitted, maybe there's a low vax rate in those age groups?

[Hoyt]

5. In perspective, there are 32 patients with COVID in hospital. 9 are grown women,

“Of the 32 COVID patients at Riley Hospital, nine are pregnant women or new mothers in the maternity unit, 11 are in the pediatric intensive care unit and seven are on ventilators. The hospital’s overall capacity – including for non-COVID conditions – is at 87 percent, Cox said.”

https://www.wfyi.org/news/articles/riley-childrens-hospital-covid-patients

[Tickle]

6. My grandchildren were blessed

because their Covid was a few sniffles 🤧. God bless those children