Gila County has set the pace for the state when it comes to moving through the COVID-19 risk groups with vaccination clinics to administer the first of two required shots,
Arizona hospitals report using up to 4 times more oxygen than they did pre-pandemic
In Los Angeles, emergency responders are being ordered to only give oxygen to certain patients in order to conserve it amid the pandemic. Author: Colleen Sikora Updated: 4:31 AM MST January 11, 2021
PHOENIX With no cure for COVID-19, oxygen is one of the main ways doctors are able to help those with the virus. But in Los Angeles, emergency responders have been ordered to only give oxygen to certain patients in order to conserve it.
“There’s no reason that if it’s happening there that it can’t happen here,” Dr. Brandon Lawrence, an ER physician in the West Valley, said.
Rural hospitals and Western Arizona are seeing big increases, according to the latest federal numbers. Author: 12 News Updated: 3:45 PM MST December 23, 2020
PHOENIX Rural and western Arizona hospitals are bearing a heavier load of COVID patients than they have been, according to a 12 News analysis of the latest U.S. Health and Human Services data for every hospital in the state.
The data is a week-by-week look of average patient loads by each hospital in the country. Hospitals in Arizona s major urban centers Phoenix and Tucson have seen massive rises in average COVID-19 patient loads. Banner Estrella Medical Center in Phoenix, for instance, went from an average of 39.6 COVID patients the week of November 6 to an average of 125.1 the week of December 11.
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