Surge capacity of intensive care units in case of acute increase in demand caused by COVID-19 in Australia.

CONCLUSIONS: The directors of Australian ICUs report that intensive care bed capacity could be near tripled in response to the expected increase in demand caused by COVID-19. But maximal surge in bed numbers could be hampered by a shortfall in invasive ventilators and would also require a large increase in clinician and nursing staff numbers.
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Source: Med J Aust - April 18, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: Litton E, Bucci T, Chavan S, Ho YY, Holley A, Howard G, Huckson S, Kwong P, Millar J, Nguyen N, Secombe P, Ziegenfuss M, Pilcher D Tags: Med J Aust Source Type: research