ICU availability dropping in Northeast Florida counties
Read full article: ICU availability dropping in Northeast Florida countiesOne of them is Baptist Medical Center Nassau, which had no available ICU space as of Monday evening, according to the state Agency for Health Care Administration. By Tuesday afternoon, one ICU bed had become available there, but across Northeast Florida, ICU availability was low. Now, with cases soaring, some medical facilities are preparing to stretch their ICU resources to the limit. And so when it does occur, we’ll be ready.”If a hospital’s ICU space is filled up, Neilsen said, staff will look around for other hospitals in the area that might have available space. Also, larger hospitals can temporarily convert some existing space into an ICU if more is needed.