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Re:Shelter in place for Bay Area counties by triceratops on Monday March 16, 2020 @08:14PM (#22599877)
Would they kick out an old person already occupying an ICU bed for a young accident victim that just came in?
Re:Shelter in place for Bay Area counties by yourapostasy on Monday March 16, 2020 @09:05PM (#22600334)
EMTALA in the US appears to dominate among a myriad other sister regulations in this medicolegal and medical ethics problem space. The decision should be left to the staff on the ground with the details of the situation at the moment.

An unaddressed gap is medical staff on the pandemic front lines without adequate PPE are still shackled by these rules made for a system that is not overwhelmed by a pandemic. These need to be waived for the duration of the emergency.

Re:Shelter in place for Bay Area counties by SpicyLemonZest on Monday March 16, 2020 @10:12PM (#22600792)
No, but a person in an ICU bed will need a lot of other services which might be subject to triage. (Remember that "beds" is a shorthand here - it's not a shortage of physical beds that's an issue, it's easy and quick to build beds.)