US - Alaska

Alaska’s Covid Crisis, Doctors Must Decide Who Lives and Who Dies

Mon, 2021-10-04 18:02 — mike kraft

ANCHORAGE — There was one bed coming available in the intensive care unit in Alaska’s largest hospital.

It was the middle of the night, and the hospital, Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage, had been hit with a deluge of coronavirus patients. Doctors now had a choice to make: Several more patients at the hospital, most of them with Covid-19, were in line to take that last I.C.U. spot. But there was also someone from one of the state’s isolated rural communities who needed to be flown in for emergency surgery.

Who should get the final bed?

Country / Region Tags:

General Topic Tags:

Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?:

Situation Report

Read more about Alaska’s Covid Crisis, Doctors Must Decide Who Lives and Who Dies
Log in or register to post comments

Alaska aadopts statewide crisis standards of care to help COVID-overwhelmed hospitals

Thu, 2021-09-23 08:51 — mike kraft

Alaska Gov. Dunleavy activates statewide crisis standards of care to help COVID-overwhelmed hospitals The governor also announced the state is bringing up hundreds of health care workers from the Lower 48 to offset staff shortages. Anchorage Daily News

Country / Region Tags:

General Topic Tags:

Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?:

Situation Report

Read more about Alaska aadopts statewide crisis standards of care to help COVID-overwhelmed hospitals
Log in or register to post comments

Alaska’s COVID-19 case rate is now the highest in the nation

Wed, 2021-09-22 13:58 — mike kraft

Alaska’s COVID-19 case rate is now the highest in the nation as state reports 6 deaths Alaska’s average rate of daily new infections over the last week is more than double the national average, and hospitals continue to operate under what were once unimaginable circumstances. Anchorage Daily News

Country / Region Tags:

General Topic Tags:

Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?:

Situation Report

Read more about Alaska’s COVID-19 case rate is now the highest in the nation
Log in or register to post comments

Rationing medical care becomes a reality in hospitals overwhelmed with covid patients

Mon, 2021-09-20 11:30 — mike kraft

Four patients, two dialysis machines: Rationing medical care becomes a reality in hospitals overwhelmed with covid patients Activating crisis standards of care gives hospitals the power to allocate — and potentially even deny — care based on the goal of who could potentially benefit the most when faced with a shortage of resources such as ventilators, medications or staff. Washington Post

Country / Region Tags:

General Topic Tags:

Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?:

Situation Report

Read more about Rationing medical care becomes a reality in hospitals overwhelmed with covid patients
Log in or register to post comments

Climate change: large forest trees lost to drought and fire are not returning

Sat, 2021-03-13 18:49 — mike kraft

Is this the end of forests as we've known them? Trees lost to drought and wildfires are not returning. Climate change is taking a toll on the world’s forests - and radically changing the environment before our eyes the Guardian

Country / Region Tags:

General Topic Tags:

Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?:

Situation Report

Read more about Climate change: large forest trees lost to drought and fire are not returning
Log in or register to post comments

Alaska becomes 1st state to open vaccines to nearly all

Wed, 2021-03-10 11:25 — mike kraft

Alaska becomes 1st US state to open vaccines to nearly all Alaska has become the first state to drop eligibility requirements for COVID-19 vaccines and allow anyone 16 or older who lives or works in the state to get a vaccine, Gov. Mike Dunleavy said Tuesday. Dunleavy made the announcement after his own bout with COVID-19, which he described as an inconvenience and said underscored his own desire to be vaccinated. YahooNews

Country / Region Tags:

General Topic Tags:

Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?:

Situation Report

Read more about Alaska becomes 1st state to open vaccines to nearly all
Log in or register to post comments

Personal touch, word of mouth: How U.S. rural communities succeed getting COVID-19 shots into arms

Fri, 2021-01-29 09:49 — mike kraft

Personal touch, word of mouth: How U.S. rural communities succeed getting COVID-19 shots into arms When Juan Carlos Guerra got the call on Jan. 12 that his county would receive 300 COVID-19 vaccine doses the following day, he went straight to work. Tina Bellon, Nick Brown, Lisa Baertlein U.S.

(Reuters) - When Juan Carlos Guerra got the call on Jan. 12 that his county would receive 300 COVID-19 vaccine doses the following day, he went straight to work.

Country / Region Tags:

General Topic Tags:

Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?:

Analysis

Situation Report

Read more about Personal touch, word of mouth: How U.S. rural communities succeed getting COVID-19 shots into arms
Log in or register to post comments

Earth is losing ice faster today than in the mid-1990s, study suggests

Tue, 2021-01-26 10:05 — mike kraft

Earth is losing ice faster today than in the mid-1990s, study suggests Earth’s ice is melting faster today than in the mid-1990s, new research suggests, as climate change nudges global temperatures ever higher. Yereth Rosen U.S.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Earth’s ice is melting faster today than in the mid-1990s, new research suggests, as climate change nudges global temperatures ever higher.

Country / Region Tags:

General Topic Tags: