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COVID-19 crisis in Los Angeles: Why activating 'crisis standards of care' is crucial for overwhelmed hospitals

  • Written by Maria Howard, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Gonzaga University
COVID-19 crisis in Los Angeles: Why activating 'crisis standards of care' is crucial for overwhelmed hospitalsHallways busy with COVID-19 patients have become temporary patient holding areas in overcrowded hospitals.Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

In Los Angeles County, ambulance crews are being told to conserve oxygen and to not take certain trauma and cardiac arrest patients they can’t resuscitate in the field. When ambulances do...

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