By Marcus A. Banks
Many counties in the United States had no available ICU beds as the COVID-19 pandemic intensified in spring 2020. ICU doctors and nurses were also in short supply, just as desperately ill people sought care for COVID-19 infections, recalled speakers at the 2024 Critical Care Congress, in Phoenix. The speakers debated the success of a program that aimed to address this challenge: the National Emergency Tele-Critical Care Network (NETCCN), which enabled telemedicine consults
FEBRUARY 2, 2024