Report: Los Angeles County Ambulances Told to Leave Behind Patients with Hospitals Overflowing
5 Jan 2021
Los Angeles County’s Emergency Medical Services Agency has reportedly instructed ambulance teams to leave behind patients they cannot resuscitate at the scene.
On Sunday, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said the city is reporting new coronavirus cases every six seconds, adding to the over 827,000 reported cases over the course of the pandemic. Approximately 10,850 of those L.A. residents have died so far. And as hospitals once again move beyond capacity, authorities are facing grim decisions.
“Ambulance relieving stations” are being set up outside emergency rooms to help deal with the volume of patients being transported to hospitals, but the strain on both the ambulance crews and hospital staff remains untenable. Because of this, EMS teams have been told to reduce their use of oxygen via a directive distributed Monday.
Nurse uses social media to warn public about Covid-19 02:26 (CNN)Overflowing hospital morgues, increased 911 wait times, beds only opening when patients die. Hospitals in California, where almost all of the state s 40 million residents are living under stay-at-home orders, are seeing historic stress points.
The surge of new coronavirus cases and hospitalizations is pushing hospitals in Los Angeles County to the brink of catastrophe, a top health official there said.
To the north in Santa Clara, one doctor said: What we are seeing now, is not normal.
Every day since November 7, Covid-19 hospitalizations in California have increased.
As of Thursday, 21,449 Covid-19 patients were in hospital beds throughout the state, with more than 4,500 of those in intensive care units.
Overflowing hospital morgues, increased 911 wait times, beds only opening when patients die. Hospitals in California, where almost all of the state s 40 million residents are living under stay-at-home orders, are seeing historic stress points.
Kirk Cameron Hosts New Year Party As California COVID Numbers Break Grim Records
On 1/1/21 at 11:51 AM EST
Kirk Cameron hosted an event on New Year s Eve despite warnings from California public health officials to stay at home in order to help contain the spread of COVID-19.
The 1980s sitcom star held a gathering in Malibu on Thursday night, according to ABC 13. He also posted about the event on Instagram, encouraging people to join him. We re hoping that we re going to have hundreds of people here. Please come and join us by candlelight as we sing and as we pray for our country, Cameron said in a video.