Paramedics having some patients stay home as hospitals struggle with COVID-19 wave heraldmailmedia.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from heraldmailmedia.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Paramedics and emergency medical technicians are declining to transport some less severely ill patients whom they might take to the hospital under ordinary circumstances, one of the many extreme steps being taken in Los Angeles County to deal with the COVID-19 surge crippling hospitals.
It’s one of a limited number of tools left to deal with the wave amid a crisis due to a flood of COVID-19 patients.
In Los Angeles County, EMTs “are assessing patients and releasing them to stay at home, because they aren’t quite sick enough to need hospital-level care. . If they did come to the hospital, they may not get the type of attention that they might expect,” said Dr. Mark Ghaly, the California health and human services secretary.
Los Angeles Times
Paramedics and emergency medical technicians are declining to transport some less severely ill patients whom they might take to the hospital under ordinary circumstances, one of the many extreme steps being taken in Los Angeles County to deal with the COVID-19 surge crippling hospitals.
It s one of a limited number of tools left to deal with the wave amid a crisis due to a flood of COVID-19 patients.
In Los Angeles County, EMTs are assessing patients and releasing them to stay at home, because they aren t quite sick enough to need hospital-level care. . If they did come to the hospital, they may not get the type of attention that they might expect, said Dr. Mark Ghaly, the California health and human services secretary.
Calif county prohibits ERs from diverting ambulances ems1.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ems1.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
OC issues unprecedented order to hospitals against diverting ambulances amid COVID surge
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Share: An unprecedented order has been issued in Orange County to prevent hospitals from diverting ambulances to other facilities. The move comes after the county shattered COVID-19 patient admittance records,
The county reported 23 fatalities on Wednesday, the same day frontline workers in the county received COVID-19 vaccinations. The most recent fatalities, which date back to earlier this month, raised the death toll to 1,718.
The region also logged 3,231 new diagnoses of COVID-19 on Wednesday, bringing the cumulative case total to 111,168.
Orange County continues to set new records for coronavirus diagnoses and hospitalizations, while county officials have rolled out mobile field hospitals to handle the surge in patients.