At the time, doctors and nurses were working to improve treatment and address the shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE).
Now the hospital staff is fed up. Finding a fresh bed is one thing; Having fresh staff is another.
“One of the most important things to remember is that when we talk about ICU capacity, it’s not just about beds and pillows and pillows,” said Carmella Coyle, president and CEO of the California Hospitals Association.
“The limiting factor, the most important factor in caring for people with covid-19 disease, is the nurses, the staff. It’s shorter, and it’s different this time than it was during our summer flow.”
Governor Gavin News announced Monday that Kovid-19 hospital admissions have increased by 72% and ICU admissions by 69% compared to the last 14 days. He said officials have demanded 815 additional health care workers from staff agencies, and other reinforcements have been requested from the federal government.
Many of the temporary agency’s health care workers will arrive this week, and more than half of the total number will support state ICU teams, News reported.
“Remember those nurses and those doctors have been doing this for the last almost a year,” Coyle said. “They are tired. They need our support and help. The best thing we can do is keep the mask on, stay safe at home.”
U.S. For authorization of emergency use by the Food and Drug Administration, two vaccines require two shots every three to four weeks. He could come this week for the Pfizer vaccine and next week for the Moderna candidate.
The governor said Monday he expects a total of 2.16 million doses to be reached before the end of the year, with millions more expected in January and February. Health Secretary Mark Galli explained that the initial dose would be followed by a second dose required for the immune system in three weeks.
Coyle said the people of California did a great job in the early days of the epidemic, when the state was the first state to implement social measures for agility. But as the months passed, people became mentally bored. And then came the holidays, during which most people usually went to parties and get-togethers.
“We can literally start this boom on Halloween weekend and get people together.” “It’s exhaustion. It’s exhaustion of loneliness.”
Coyle said 12% of people in California who receive Covid-19 come to the hospital.
He told people to wait a while before resting.
“I think the most important reminder is that we can’t leave our guard,” a hospital association official said. “While we are examining ICU beds and that is important, we want to maintain the ability to treat not only covid patients but also heart attack, stroke patients and cancer patients and more.”
Hospitals aim to treat everyone who seeks care, he said, but with such an increase in cases, “it will become harder and tighter.”
CNN’s Cherry Mossberg, Corey James and Hannah Sariso contributed to this report.
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