NEW: 15 New RI Coronavirus Deaths, 85 in ICU - RI Issues New Guidelines for Hospitals
Thursday, April 30, 2020
The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) reported 15 new COVID-19 deaths in the state on Thursday for a total of 266 fatalities.
RIDOH reported 374 cases over the past day for a total of 8,621, with 339 hospitalizations — 85 of which are in the ICU and 54 on ventilators.
In addition, the state announced it is now using an “updated COVID-19 reporting tool..”
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLAST“This allows for more streamlined, systematic, electronic submissions. The prior reporting system was developed in the first days of the pandemic in Rhode Island was very labor intensive. It focused on reports and reviews of medical records for patients who are hospitalized because of COVID-19 like illness. The new reporting system will bring consistency to hospitals’ reports. Rhode Island is continuing to develop its systems for tracking and responding to COVID-19, including its data systems, as the scope of the public health emergency has broadened,” said RIDOH.
On Thursday, the state announced the following new “crisis standards of care guidelines for hospitals.”
These Guidelines, which could be implemented during any public health emergency, are not currently in effect. Rhode Island hospitals are currently below capacity and are not experiencing any shortages that would trigger the implementation of these Guidelines.
These Guidelines would only be implemented when all other surge strategies are exhausted and no other regional resources are available. The swift construction of temporary surge or “alternate hospital sites” in Rhode Island as a part of the State’s coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) response provide another buffer from the need to implement these plans, should Rhode Island experience a surge in the near future. The Crisis Standards of Care Guidelines would only be implemented in a hospital in Rhode Island at the direction of RIDOH.
The Crisis Standards of Care Guidelines are supported by several key medical ethical principles, including duty to care, duty to steward resources, and distributive justice. Using these principles, clinical judgment, clinical information, and objective triage tools, facilities would be empowered to make patient care decisions based on medical status and likely outcome.
These Crisis Standards of Care Guidelines were developed in partnership with the acute care hospitals throughout the state, the Hospital Association of Rhode Island, and many other partners throughout the state and the region.
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