State of Washington beginning COVID-19 triage planning

[T_R_Oglodyte]

There likely won't be enough medical equipment to treat everyone.

‘It will not be pretty’: Washington state preparing to make life-or-death decisions if coronavirus overwhelms health care system

The triage plan being discussed by state and health care officials would assess factors such as age, health and likelihood of survival in determining who will get access to full care and who will merely be provided comfort care, with...

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[chellej]

Our local hospital is setting up to help the flow of the screening process, setting up in an under used area and keeping severe symptoms out of the emergency room. They will be able to test, xray and examine in a separate area. They were the hospital that has the containment unit where they brought the first cruise ship patients so they have a good understanding of how to try and control the spread