Remember when Trumpleton's blamed socialized medicine for rationing care in Italy?

[bripat9643]

Henry Ford Health letter on rationing ventilators is for 'worst-case scenario'

Henry Ford Health letter on rationing ventilators is for 'worst-case scenario'

Henry Ford Health officials say a letter circulating on social media outlines some of the health system's emergency response protocols for the "worst-case scenario."

www.theoaklandpress.com

"Henry Ford Health officials say a letter circulating on social media outlines some of the health system's emergency response protocols for the "worst-case scenario."

The letter, addressed to patients, families, and the community, describes how patients would be prioritized if the health system runs out of ventilators and ICU beds.

"Because of shortages, we will need to be careful with resources," the letter read. "Patients who have the best chance of getting better are our first priority. Patients will be evaluated for the best plan for care and dying patients will be provided comfort care (to include treatment for pain control and other comfort measures)."
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A lottery for ventilators? Hospitals prepare for ethical conundrums

A lottery for ventilators? Hospitals prepare for ethical conundrums

While some states have ethics guidelines in place, there is no national standard for who gets access to scarce life-saving machinery.

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"When a group of doctors, ethicists and religious leaders got together to write New York’s 2015 ethical guidelines for allocating ventilators in a pandemic, they coalesced around a clear principle: Scarce resources should go to the person most likely to be saved. But they had to contemplate another, tougher, situation: What if a number of patients were equally likely to benefit?

In that case, they decided, a lottery might be the fairest option.

The specter of such extreme rationing – a large number of critically ill patients confronting a finite supply of life-saving machinery – was grim but theoretical when debated by the philosophically minded panel. Now, as New York and other states gird for the possibility of a shortage of ventilators, that ethics roadmap could come actually into practice."
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A number of US cities are on the cusp of being Italy. Shortages of all sorts of medical supplies are being experienced around the country.

In Italy, the problem wasn't so much a lack of equipment as it was the speed with which the virus spread. Too many patients too quickly, overwhelming Italy's capacity to handle the escalation.

That is the phase we are entering. As always, Trump ordering GM to manufacture ventilators comes not proactively but reactively in an attempt to make up for lost time. Lost time due to his inaction during the weeks when we had a chance to plan for the inevitable outbreak the experts surrounding him told him was coming.

So how do you explain the fact that the socialist healthcare system in Italy failed to plan "for the inevitable outbreak?"

 

[Lesh]

So how do you explain the fact that the socialist healthcare system in Italy failed to plan "for the inevitable outbreak?"

They were overwhelmed by a highly contagious pandemic...just as NYC is.

 

[bripat9643]

So how do you explain the fact that the socialist healthcare system in Italy failed to plan "for the inevitable outbreak?"

They were overwhelmed by a highly contagious pandemic...just as NYC is.

Morons like you are claiming it's all Trump's fault.

 

[berg80]

Morons like you are claiming it's all Trump's fault.

I think you know that is a lie. Trump is irrefutably responsible for the lack of preparation nationally despite the dire warnings by virtue of what was happening in other countries, playing down the scale of the problem, and for the chaotic federal response leaving states to fend for themselves.

 

[berg80]

NYU Langone tells emergency doctors to consider who gets intubated, WSJ reports

NYU Langone tells emergency doctors to consider who gets intubated, WSJ reports | CNN

A March 28 email from the NYU Langone Health Department of Emergency Medicine Chair told physicians to “think more critically about who we intubate,” according to a report from The Wall Street Journal.

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(CNN)A March 28 email from the NYU Langone Health Department of Emergency Medicine Chair told physicians to "think more critically about who we intubate," according to a report from The Wall Street Journal.
"In Emergency Medicine, we do not have the luxury of time, data, or committees to help with our critical triage decisions. Senior hospital leadership recognizes this and supports us to use our best clinical judgment," the email from Dr. Robert Fernia said, according to The Journal.
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So...........right here in the USA rationing care is a reality, the thing Trumpleton's excoriated Italy for, falsely claiming it was due to their system of socialized medicine.