'A fragile balance': Alberta's strained ICUs near point of triage protocol
Phase 1 of the protocol would see only patients with a greater than 20 per cent chance of surviving the next year be eligible to receive ICU care
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Phase 1 of the protocol would see only patients with a greater than 20 per cent chance of surviving the next year be eligible to receive ICU care
System failure could mean drug shortagess, overcrowded emergency departments and health-care workers deciding which patients get scarce beds.
Active cases of the coronavirus are continuing to increase both locally and provincially.
Albertans in intensive care increased by five, with 64 people in ICU, the most since 67 were reported in ICU on June 16.
As of Tuesday, 258 people are in hospital, an increase of 14. Seven more Albertans have died from the virus.