[maddog55]

&327 ICU beds available
4888 beds used
They’re at 67% capacity as of today !!!

Source and select Nebraska: https://data.aha.org/t/AHADataHub/views/COVIDBedShortageDetectionTool/Map-TotalBedsembed?:embed=y&:showVizHome=no&:host_url=https%3A%2F%2Fdata.aha.org%2F&:embed_code_version=3&:tabs=no&:toolbar=no&:showAppBanner=false&:display_spinner=no&iframeSizedToWindow=true&:loadOrderID=0

[MNJohnnie]

Nice work

[Kickass Conservative]

7327 ICU beds available
4888 beds used
They’re at 67% capacity as of today !!!

Fixed it for you. #;^)

[cgbg]

Telling the truth and using data and math is racist!

[texas booster]

Nemaha County Hospital is in Auburn NE, down in the corner near Kansas and Missouri. Maybe an hour from Lincoln, not much more to Omaha and maybe two hours from Kansas City.

And he dies in a Des Moines IA hospital?

And there are no beds at the U of Nebraska Medical Center teaching hospital?

Something is missing in the reporting of the story.

[Sicon]

Now, here's the question, which would give CONTEXT, that you never hear:

What percentage of ICU beds are NORMALLY in use? I'm guessing they don't typically run with more than about 30% of ICU beds free - seems like that would be a waste of money.

A study of ICU occupancy was published in 2014. Over a three year study period, it found that "total ICU occupancy ranged from 57.4% to 82.1% and the number of beds filled with mechanically ventilated patients ranged from 20.7% to 38.9%. There was no change in occupancy across years and no increase in occupancy during influenza seasons."

It concluded the following:

Occupancy of US ICUs was stable over time, but there is uneven distribution across different types and sizes of units. Only three out of ten beds were filled at any time with mechanically ventilated patients, suggesting substantial surge capacity throughout the system to care for acutely critically ill patients.

This was in 2014, long before "COVID". See, this is what you call CONTEXT.