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TomCADem

(17,378 posts)
Wed Jun 17, 2020, 07:43 PM Jun 2020

Arizona Hits Record-High Hospital Capacity As Coronavirus Cases Climb

Source: MSN

Arizona broke record-highs on Tuesday when overall hospital capacity in the state hit 85 percent, according to the Arizona Department of Health Services.

The number of new daily coronavirus cases continues on an upward trend. On Wednesday, Arizona reported 1,827 new cases, bringing the total count to 40,924 confirmed cases of COVID-19. The day before, the state reported 2,392 new cases, a record single-day high since the outbreak began.

ICU bed capacity in Arizona has reached an all-time high of 83 percent. Wednesday's hospitalization count of 1,582 COVID-19 patients was 62 percent higher than any single day of hospitalizations before June.

Ventilator use is also higher than ever before, with the most recent figures being 44 percent higher than those before June. The Arizona Department of Health Services reported that 346 ventilators were in use as of Wednesday to treat patients with COVID-19.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/arizona-hits-record-high-hospital-capacity-as-coronavirus-cases-climb/ar-BB15COPv?li=BBnb7Kz



It seems like only three weeks ago, Arizona was re-opening malls, bars and restaurants celebrating the end of the COVID-19 lockdowns shortly after Trump toured the State and made a point of not wearing a mask even when he visited a mask making factory.



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Arizona Hits Record-High Hospital Capacity As Coronavirus Cases Climb (Original Post) TomCADem Jun 2020 OP
Yeah, they really did use the word "capacity", which means carrying or holding ability, marybourg Jun 2020 #1
How is 'capacity' not an appropriate term? mr_lebowski Jun 2020 #2
Yes. The term hospitals use is inpatient 'occupancy' or 'utilization' ... Princess Turandot Jun 2020 #3

marybourg

(12,540 posts)
1. Yeah, they really did use the word "capacity", which means carrying or holding ability,
Wed Jun 17, 2020, 08:30 PM
Jun 2020

instead of “usage” or “occupancy”. Was this google-translated from Chinese, perhaps. Or written by a grade school child?

Princess Turandot

(4,784 posts)
3. Yes. The term hospitals use is inpatient 'occupancy' or 'utilization' ...
Thu Jun 18, 2020, 09:18 AM
Jun 2020

Inpatient capacity to me kinda means the number of beds. 'Occupancy' i.e. % of staffed beds with patients in them, is (I assume) what the reporter means.

Hospitals differentiate between 'licensed beds' and 'staffed beds' because many large hospitals (such as the NYC teaching hospitals) have closed inpatient units over time because of a decline in inpatient patient admissions/length of stays.

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