December 11, 2020
ICU capacity explained: What to know about a key coronavirus metric in California
Los Angeles Times, Dec. 11, 2020
ICU capacity explained: What to know about a key coronavirus metric in California
Dr. Shruti Gohil, an infectious disease specialist at UCI Health, said there is a 1-to-1 ratio of nurses to patients in ICUs. “That kind of minute-to-minute, hour-to-hour care requires a level of training on the nurses to … recognize problems quickly and address them quickly and then know what needs to be done while waiting,” Gohil said.