Some states have started prioritizing scarce resources like ventilators and ICU beds to patients more likely to survive amid a surge in COVID-19 hospitalisations.
as they reach capacity. Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, Kentucky, Texas and Arkansas all have at last 90 percent of their intensive care unit beds occupied, according to data from the Department of Health and Human Services.
But crisis standards of care mean resources that are limited, such as ICU beds and ventilators, are given to patients that have higher chances of survival. In both Idaho and Montana, a combination of factors are used to determine a patient's"priority score" and a lower score means they are more likely to survive and pushes them higher on the list for resources.
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