Minnesota Hospitals' Plans for Implementing Statewide Guidance on Allocation of Scarce Critical Care Resources During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess hospitals' plans for implementing Minnesota's statewide guidance for allocating scarce critical care resources during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Patients and methods

Individuals from 23 hospitals across Minnesota were invited to complete a 25-item survey between July 20, 2020, and September 18, 2020 to understand how hospitals in the state intended to operationalize statewide clinical triage instructions for scarce resources (including mechanical ventilation) and written ethics guidance on the allocation of critical care resources in the event crisis standards of care triggered triage.

Results

Of individuals invited from 23 hospitals, 14 hospitals completed the survey (60.9% institutional response rate) and described plans for triage at their respecti

SUBMITTER: Riggan KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11612654 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature