Amid COVID-19, can you get the care you need for other emergencies at the ER?
The question was raised after the death of radio DJ Chris Jarman. Memphis critical care doctors said Jarman was monitored while awaiting a hospital transfer. Author: Jeni Diprizio Updated: 7:08 PM EST December 18, 2020
MEMPHIS, Tenn. If you have an emergency will you be able to get help at the hospital? It s a question many are asking after hearing radio D.J. Chris Jarman had to be sent more than 100 miles away for an intensive care unit.
Baptist Healthcare Officials confirmed there were no intensive care beds available in the Memphis area at the moment Jarman needed one.
Amid COVID-19, can you get the care you need for other emergencies at the ER?
The question was raised after the death of radio DJ Chris Jarman. Memphis critical care doctors said Jarman was monitored while awaiting a hospital transfer. Author: Jeni Diprizio Updated: 6:08 PM CST December 18, 2020
MEMPHIS, Tenn. If you have an emergency will you be able to get help at the hospital? It s a question many are asking after hearing radio D.J. Chris Jarman had to be sent more than 100 miles away for an intensive care unit.
Baptist Healthcare Officials confirmed there were no intensive care beds available in the Memphis area at the moment Jarman needed one.
ICU beds dwindling at Baptist Memorial as COVID-19 surges in Mid-South
Mid-South hospitals running out of ICU beds By Kelli Cook | December 15, 2020 at 9:15 PM CST - Updated December 15 at 10:52 PM
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Intensive Care Unit beds are becoming scarce across the state.
Back in October when the ICU bed occupancy was much lower, Baptist Memorial Hospital leaders gave WMC a virtual tour of their Patient Placement Center.
Itâs where hospital staff can see where they can place patients in their 3,000 beds throughout their 22 hospital system.
Baptist command center manages 3,000 hospital beds
COVID-19 has made that job decidedly more challenging.
Most of our hospitals are pretty full but we are not closed ever and patients can always come into our emergency department or come in via ambulance, said Stacy Hammett, Baptist Telehealth Advisor.
Hammett said the emergency rooms remains open . You may have to wait a while to be seen and if you need to be admitted, with hospitals nearing capacity you may have to wait to get a room but Hammett says you will get help if you go to the hospital.
Hammett said she don t know where this list came from or when it was created but pointed out closed for admissions is not a term those in the healthcare industry use in an official capacity.