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Dear Americans,
Across our nation, esp in the Midwest, children& #39;s hospital beds reserved for sick kids are now being deployed to offload adult hospitals due to surge #COVID19 patients.
Is this normal? No.
But you have given hospitals no choice.
THREAD https://twitter.com/FutureDocs/status/1330575547211059202?s=20">https://twitter.com/FutureDoc...
Across our nation, esp in the Midwest, children& #39;s hospital beds reserved for sick kids are now being deployed to offload adult hospitals due to surge #COVID19 patients.
Is this normal? No.
But you have given hospitals no choice.
THREAD https://twitter.com/FutureDocs/status/1330575547211059202?s=20">https://twitter.com/FutureDoc...
Nashville, Tennessee: Vanderbilt prepping surge beds at Children& #39;s Hospital
& #39;Space is tight& #39; in 730-bed main hospital
1) has already cancelled surgeries
2) stopped taking ICU transfers
2) over 230 staff are out sick
https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/health-care/article/21144630/vanderbilt-prepping-surge-beds-at-childrens-hospital">https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/...
& #39;Space is tight& #39; in 730-bed main hospital
1) has already cancelled surgeries
2) stopped taking ICU transfers
2) over 230 staff are out sick
https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/health-care/article/21144630/vanderbilt-prepping-surge-beds-at-childrens-hospital">https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/...
Columbus, Ohio: Nationwide Children& #39;s to start admitting young adults to help other hospitals https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/2020/11/16/covid-19-nationwide-childrens-admit-adults-help-hospitals/6314094002/">https://www.dispatch.com/story/new...
Salt Lake City, Utah: Intermountain, the state’s largest health system, is transferring some of its patients to its nationally ranked hospital for children. https://www.abc4.com/news/top-stories/covid-19-surge-leading-pediatric-hospitals-to-treat-adult-patients/">https://www.abc4.com/news/top-...
Arkansas - Children& #39;s Hospital used to expand capacity https://www.thv11.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/arkansas-childrens-hospital-expands-capacity/91-238ac6d3-97e7-42b4-97e1-8ac3f26d7223">https://www.thv11.com/article/n...
Wisconsin Children& #39;s started admitting adults last week according to this: https://www.wisn.com/article/coronavirus-childrens-wisconsin-to-admit-adult-patients-amid-surge/34694317">https://www.wisn.com/article/c...
Happening in MN too per @karynbaum. Happened already in Spring, inc in Illinois.
It is a lever adult hospitals pull have to pull during a surge when they have no choice. So many had to in Spring there are papers on topic & training @POPCoRNetwork https://www.journalofhospitalmedicine.com/jhospmed/article/220705/hospital-medicine/childrens-hospitals-caring-adults-during-pandemic">https://www.journalofhospitalmedicine.com/jhospmed/...
It is a lever adult hospitals pull have to pull during a surge when they have no choice. So many had to in Spring there are papers on topic & training @POPCoRNetwork https://www.journalofhospitalmedicine.com/jhospmed/article/220705/hospital-medicine/childrens-hospitals-caring-adults-during-pandemic">https://www.journalofhospitalmedicine.com/jhospmed/...
I love pediatricians and as a colleague, I know they will answer the call to admit adult patients. But I am disturbed. Is this who we are as a society? Celebrating #Thanksgiving while beds for sick kids are redeployed? What& #39;s next? What has our nation become? #mondaythoughts
What will it take for you to just #wearamask 
https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt=""> #stayhome https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt=""> and #shrinkyourbubble?
