Triage in ICU

In the article “Life and Death: what Critical-Care Triage could Mean in Alberta ICUs” published on September 17, 2021, Wallis Snowdon describes how Alberta’s Hospitals would cope if ICUs no longer had enough capacity. A new document “The Critical Care Triage Protocol” has been written due to the dangerous amount of ICUs beds taken. Even with a maximum of 173 beds, 268 patients are getting critical care. Willis explains that four stages of emergency now exist, if hospitals get over the first one, triage is put in place. Patients with the most chance of surviving will be getting critical care…