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Originally Posted by Opie
Serious question, are those younger people under 50 admitted to the hospital in actual need of critical care? Or just being admitted as a precautionary / risk of spread?
Here the many of those confirmed with Covid are being sent home to self-quarantine and recover at home, only those with other complications or older patients are being admitted to the hospital.
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The only ones being admitted are ones who meet (insurance) standards for admission, which is anyone who is compromised meaning O2 sat is less than 92% for normal people and less than 88% or something for people who have COPD, and who is febrile over 101 and tachy. Bad labs and other comorbidity factors would also be considered along with age, mentation and their social situation.
We are discharging everyone who is positive or negative with flu or COVID who can self-manage with normal enough labs and vital signs. Heart rates of 95-105 is not high enough, or o2 sat that is normal with 103 temps are not being admitted.