just a few minutes into our interview, staff had to rush in to help a distressed patient. can you tell us what s happening behind us here? if there s a patient that needs acute care, maybe has a change in heart rate, a change in respiratory rate, generally, a care coms that have critical care experience, they come in and help with care for that patient. i ve been for almost 17 years. and if you would have asked me five years if i would be embedding in a civilian hospital to help provide care, i would have i would have been like, no, you ve got to be kidding me. reporter: what is not surprising to the strike team or to hospital staff, people needing critical care are overwhelmingly unvaccinated. beaumont health says 443 out of the 583 covid patients it is caring for statewide are unvaccinated. the vast majority of those in its icu and on ventilators also,
strike team or to hospital staff? people needing critical care are overwhelmingly unvaccinated. beaumont health says 443 out of the 583 covid patients it is caring for statewide are unvaccinated. the vast majority of those in its icu and on ventilators, also, unvaccinated. sarah is a recovering covid patient. she says her vaccination status is private. she and her father, who also has covid, were admitted on sunday. i hope he is okay. he s not too far from me here. i m not allowed to see him because of the quarantining. it s been a roller coaster. sorry. it is been a roller coaster. reporter: she says she needed oxygen when she arrived but no longer and she credits those working the covid unit here,