Scripps prepares for ‘slow-moving tsunami’ of coronavirus cases as surgical masks, ventilators are in short supply
Scripps Health CEO, Chris Van Gorder, says we are expecting an increase of coronavirus-related cases, surgical masks are already in short supply, and doctors are expected to convert anesthesia machines into ventilators if necessary.
He describes this as a “slow moving tsunami”
“We know it’s coming,” he continued. “We can actually see it. We’ve got the early stages of it already coming ashore. You can see that with the positive patients we have in our hospital. But we don’t know how big that tsunami is actually going to be.”
Scripps Health operates five hospitals with 1,453 beds, 28 outpatient centers and treats roughly 600,000 patients each year. As of Monday, it had processed 4,822 coronavirus tests, identifying 217 COVID-19 patients, Van Gorder said. They had just nine coronavirus patients in the intensive care unit and five of them were using ventilators as of last week, he said.
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