Ambulance workers in Los Angeles County have reportedly been advised not to transport patients with “little chance of survival” to local hospitals as intensive care units are overpowered with COVID patients.
The directive from the Los Angeles County Emergency Medical Services Agency, acquired by CNN, also advises the ambulance workers to “preserve the use of oxygen.”
In Los Angeles, many intensive care units are at capacity as a disastrous wave of the infection floods across Southern California.
As per information from the district, in excess of 6,000 patients are right now being treated for Covid-19 in Los Angeles. Available hospital beds all things considered ICUs were for all intents and purposes nonexistent.
Due to these factors, EMS workers were told to “perform resuscitation for at least 20 minutes” if a patient’s heart has stopped instead of taking them to a hospital.
In addition, California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday formed a task force to “evaluate and upgrade outdated oxygen delivery systems” at six Los Angeles area hospitals.
