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Montana now, out of hallways.
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a322x1n
Sep 25, 2021, 2:32:07 AM9/25/21
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A Montana hospital has so many unvaccinated COVID-19 patients to treat
that it's 'running out of hallways'. rco...@insider.com (Rebecca Cohen)
15 hrs ago.
A Montana ICU is full of COVID-19 patients, most of them unvaccinated,
Kaiser Health News reported.
The ER manager told KHN it's gotten so bad
that they're "running out of hallways" to treat patients.
Billings Clinic said it might soon implement "crisis standards of care"
as cases in Montana surge. See more stories on Insider's business page.
A Montana hospital has so many unvaccinated COVID-19 patients to treat
that it's "running out of hallways," Kaiser Health News news reported on
Wednesday.
Brad Von Bergen, the hospital's emergency department manager at Billings
Clinic, told KHN their ICU was operating at 160% capacity last Friday.
Hospital staff had to pivot - housing COVID-19 patients in the lobby of
the emergency department, creating plastic walls to accommodate more
beds, and treating patients in the hallways of the hospital.
"The problem is," Von Bergen told KHN, "we are running out of
hallways."
Billings Clinic said it might soon implement "crisis standards of care,"
according to KHN, that would force staff to save provisions for patients
they can most likely save.
Montana is a new national hotspot for COVID-19 cases, having recorded a
47% increase in cases from September 10 to September 14, according to
the US Department of Health and Human Services' State Profile Report for
Montana.
Yellowstone County, where the hospital is located, is seeing the worst
of the surge. The Montana Department of Health and Human Services
reported 2,461 current active cases there, as much as the next two
counties combined.
Only 52% of people who are eligible for the vaccine in Montana are fully
vaccinated.
Read the original article on Business Insider.
nated-covid-19-patients-to-treat-that-it-s-running-out-of-hallways/ar-AAO
MxML?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531>
<https://tinyurl.com/2jef6pb>
A Montana hospital has so many unvaccinated COVID-19 patients to treat
that it's 'running out of hallways'. rco...@insider.com (Rebecca Cohen)
15 hrs ago.
A Montana ICU is full of COVID-19 patients, most of them unvaccinated,
Kaiser Health News reported.
The ER manager told KHN it's gotten so bad
that they're "running out of hallways" to treat patients.
Billings Clinic said it might soon implement "crisis standards of care"
as cases in Montana surge. See more stories on Insider's business page.
A Montana hospital has so many unvaccinated COVID-19 patients to treat
that it's "running out of hallways," Kaiser Health News news reported on
Wednesday.
Brad Von Bergen, the hospital's emergency department manager at Billings
Clinic, told KHN their ICU was operating at 160% capacity last Friday.
Hospital staff had to pivot - housing COVID-19 patients in the lobby of
the emergency department, creating plastic walls to accommodate more
beds, and treating patients in the hallways of the hospital.
"The problem is," Von Bergen told KHN, "we are running out of
hallways."
Billings Clinic said it might soon implement "crisis standards of care,"
according to KHN, that would force staff to save provisions for patients
they can most likely save.
Montana is a new national hotspot for COVID-19 cases, having recorded a
47% increase in cases from September 10 to September 14, according to
the US Department of Health and Human Services' State Profile Report for
Montana.
Yellowstone County, where the hospital is located, is seeing the worst
of the surge. The Montana Department of Health and Human Services
reported 2,461 current active cases there, as much as the next two
counties combined.
Only 52% of people who are eligible for the vaccine in Montana are fully
vaccinated.
Read the original article on Business Insider.
SevenOverSix
Sep 25, 2021, 11:18:31 PM9/25/21
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Well, it's not a very built-up state, they never
had all that many hallways to begin with.
It *is* a bit puzzling though - in a state with
such a low population density, how did the virus
spread so widely ? Many there normally live in
better "isolation" than you'd see done deliberately
elsewhere.
had all that many hallways to begin with.
It *is* a bit puzzling though - in a state with
such a low population density, how did the virus
spread so widely ? Many there normally live in
better "isolation" than you'd see done deliberately
elsewhere.
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