So Cal’s hospital system will hit ‘crisis care’ if extra post-December surge happens, says LA doctor MORE LA County + USC Medical Center is preparing for crisis care mode, says Dr. Brad Spellberg. Photo courtesy of LAC+USC Medical Center.
In expectation of more coronavirus patients, hospitals in LA County are preparing for what they call “crisis standards of care.”
“Crisis care generally means that you could offer beneficial life saving care to someone, except that you don t have enough of that care to offer, so they re not going to get it. That s where none of us want to be,” says Dr. Brad Spellberg, the chief medical officer at County/USC Medical Center.