A Framework for Rationing Ventilators and Critical Care Beds During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Response

by B. Corbett Walsh, MD, MBE; Anna Nolan, MD, MSc As intensivists practicing in New York City at the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a palpable concern that there may not be enough ventilators for every patient that required it. If rationing were to occur, it should utilize a principled morally sound algorithm to aid physicians’ resource allocation decisions. While there has been much written about this timely topic, we would like to focus on a recent manuscript: Drs.…
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