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In reply to the discussion: What will the reaction be when there are not enough hospital beds [View all]NotASurfer
(2,146 posts)Call it the contingency plan. If anybody asks, explain that the hospital is saving enough beds for core medical care, L&D, dialysis, cancer treatment, and the emergencies of life like appendectomies. If Covid gets bad enough, all the remaining beds are for patients who can be helped
The tent in the parking lot is for triage. Patients in the best shape can be monitored for a couple hours and sent home to quarantine and self-medicate. Patients who might be treatable wait for a bed to become available. And patients who are simply too sick for the hospital to provide heroic care for, get sent behind a divider and checked every hour or so
Put the tents in the parking lot now as a warning. Then, hope the warning is heeded and we never have to use them