Caller · moment 3 of 20
Hospital Overload and Mask Shortages
from Emergency Broadcast - Corona Call-Ins #2 · #2
3 min
Caller
John describes rising patient counts on his COVID floor, criteria for testing, and a severe shortage of N95 masks caused by supply chain issues with China.
- Hospital went from 3-4 COVID patients a couple days ago to 16 currently admitted.
- Testing criteria requires heavy sneezing and coughing, making it hard to distinguish from other illnesses.
- Severe mask shortage in hospital—N95 masks supposed to protect against droplet transmission are unavailable.
- Hospital is rationing masks so severely that staff are using inferior yellow masks instead of N95s.