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Austin reportedly only has 16 ICU beds left due to COVID surge

Austin reportedly only has 16 ICU beds left due to COVID surge By FOX 7 Austin Digital Team Published AUSTIN, Texas - Central Texas is now facing the lowest staffed ICU bed capacity since the beginning of the pandemic with only 16 staffed beds available, according to Austin Public Health (APH). The 16 ICU beds are the only ones available for as many as 11 counties with over 2.3 million residents. 11 county Trauma Service Region O (TSA-O), which includes Austin and provides service to over 2.3 million residents, is facing low ICU bed capacity similar to the beginning of the pandemic, according to APH. In a joint statement by Ascension Seton, Baylor Scott & White, and St. David’s Healthcare, the hospitals noted, The latest COVID-19 spike is putting extraordinary pressure on our hospitals, emergency departments, and healthcare professionals, and it has further challenged hospital staffing due to a longstanding nursing shortage.

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ICU Capacity In Travis County Hits Lowest Point In The Pandemic As COVID-19 Hospitalizations Rise

KUT Officials have not yet announced whether they plan to reopen the alternative care site at the Austin Convention Center, which closed in March. It was set up as a safety net for overflow hospital patients. The number of beds available at intensive care units in the Austin area is at its lowest point since the pandemic started, according to data from the Texas Department of State Health Services. The number of staffed beds available at ICU units in the 11-county area that includes Austin is fluctuating around 16. That’s 16 ICU beds for 11 counties with more than 2.3 million residents. It was down to only 13 available beds Wednesday. The previous low was 23 beds back in July 2020.

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Only 16 ICU beds available in region, Austin health officials warn

Austin Public Health leaders on Friday announced that only 16 staffed intensive care unit beds are left available in the entire region, the lowest number of such beds since the start of the coronavirus pandemic before vaccines were widely available. Those 16 staffed intensive care unit beds include every hospital in Travis, Williamson, Hays, Bastrop, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell, Fayette, Lee, Llano and San Saba counties. Those hospitals, all grouped together in what the Texas Department of State Health Service calls Trauma Service Region O, serves more than 2.3 million residents. Austin Public Health officials Friday evening clarified that these aren t just beds available for coronavirus patients, but for anyone who needs intensive care in emergencies, from traffic wrecks to heart attacks.

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Austin reportedly only has 16 ICU beds left due to COVID surge

Austin reportedly only has 16 ICU beds left due to COVID surge
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Nearly every ICU bed in Central Texas filled amid COVID surge

Nearly every ICU bed in Central Texas filled amid COVID surge
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