From usatodayopinion: Based on our experience of trying to find a hospital bed amid a strained system, here are tips for caregivers trying to navigate what promises to be a nasty cold/flu/COVID/RSV season.
, straining their staffs and affecting the quality of care and the availability of pediatric beds. Thanksgiving gatherings will surely strain the nation’s hospital systems even further.
As parents of three young boys , we have had our share of trips to the emergency room, urgent care and the unexpected jaunts to the pediatrician. We have the sense of competence that arrives about a year into parenthood, yet we were wholly unprepared for what we experienced. We felt helpless and ill-equipped.Sebastian had a dangerous infection and was diagnosed fairly quickly with acute sinusitis and left-lung pneumonia.
First up was Winchester Medical Center, 50 miles west of us. However, after reviewing his chart, that hospital said itwouldn’t take him as a patient because, if our son worsened, they weren’t equipped to handle him. Requests for transfers to Inova Fairfax inD.C., and Johns Hopkins in Baltimore were all denied, we were told, because of a lack of available beds.
Both boys have since fully recovered and are back in school. But as we've been processing their journey, we've realized how much we didn’t know and discussed what we could have done differently had we been prepared.Based on our experience of navigating a child's medical emergency amid a , here are our tips for parents or caregivers trying to navigate what promises to be a nasty cold/flu/COVID/RSV season: Which ERs have pediatric expertise and an adjoining pediatric hospital? ERs have to do it all, and the quality of care for children can vary dramatically depending on the facility. What are the bed capacities at the children’s hospitals near you? What are the wait times, which can change week to week and day to day? Know what you’ll be up against.
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