Initial Onset: Insights for adapting to an environment with increasing COVID-19 patient arrivals
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1 |
ICU |
 Each ICU bed serves up to 5 patients per month. That number decreases to about 3.5 as the number of daily COVID-19 patients reaches 100. |
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2 |
ICU |
 The number of patients that cannot be served by the ICU increases with increasing COVID-19 patient arrivals at an unmet demand rate as high as 67% of the ICU’s total bed capacity. |
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3 |
ED |
 With half the number of available beds for non-COVID-19 patients, the ED serves up to 75% of its usual routine demand. |
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