Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Friday, 22 January 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Impact of High Levels of Covid-19 on the Health System: Discussion

Dr. Vida Hamilton:

Where possible, we are retaining one-to-one critical care nurse-to-patient ratios for level 3 patients. For level 2 patients, the normal ratio is one critical care nurse to two level 2 patients but for units that are in surge, yes, we are using that escalation model as the Senator described.

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