![]() ![]() Hays said the issue with ventilators is that not all of them can support a critically ill COVID-19 patient. "I believe we had two ventilators before those extra ventilators came in." Lisa Hays, chief medical officer at AdventHealth, said. I got an emergency call Saturday night from our chief nursing officer that we were down to one ventilator, came in and assess the situation we were able to procure seven more ventilators and those started coming in yesterday as of yesterday," Dr. "Our ventilator situation has been a bit tenuous this week. The University of Kansas Health System and AdventHealth Shawnee Mission are two hospitals seeing ventilator issues. With the surge in COVID-19 cases causing an influx of critically-ill patients, the equipment is once again being stretched thin.ĭuring Wednesday morning's medical call hosted by the University of Kansas Health System, several chief medical officers from around the metro shared updates on patient numbers and brought up the shortage. ![]() ![]() In what feels like a flashback to mid-2020, Kansas City area hospitals are seeing a shortage in ventilators.
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