| > So you are saying our hospital beds and staff are fixed immutable resources and that in an emergency all other variables must be sacrificed in order to not exceed those fixed immutable resources? Absolutely. Steve the UberEats delivery driver can be moved into the ICU, putting folks on ventilators and providing critical care in a week or so, right? And Gustavo, the busboy can be out providing EMT services in just a few days, right? A doctor requires 8+ years of post-secondary education, in addition to several years of on-the-job training. An RN requires at least 6+ years of post-secondary education, plus several years of on-the-job training. LPNs even longer. So, yes. In the short term (~6-18 months), staff are most certainly fairly fixed resources. As for hospital beds, those are limited to the square footage available for them. Sure, temporary hospital wards can be constructed and put in place fairly quickly, but unless Steve and Gustavo are staffing them, you still have a big problem. |
I don't give up. Make a temporary hospital with ip web cams pointed at all the vitals. Build a quick and dirty dashboard that lets doctors/nurses monitor dozens of patients at once instead of having to physically walk around everywhere. If engineers can get more done with less using automation, medical professionals can do it too.