Intensive care units, the Achilles heel of France in the COVID-19 battle.
Intensive care units, the Achilles heel of France in the COVID-19 battle.
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10.1016/j.lanepe.2021.100046
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2021-03
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Trade Union of Intensive Care Physicians
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Annane D;Federici L;Chagnon JL;Diehl JL;Dreyfuss D;Guiot P;Javouhey E;Joram N;Lesieur O;Rigaud JP;Outin H;Sement A;Sevens C;Thévenin D;Touati S;Terzi N;Trade Union of Intensive Care Physicians
journal homepage: www. elsevier. com/lanepe associated with worse outcomes [8]. A recent study suggested increased in-hospital mortality associated to ICU overflow and temporary ICU beds [9]. There were significantly more COVID-19 related deaths between October 1st and January 12 than between March 1st and September 30 [5]. The major drawback to increasing permanent ICU beds capacity was the shortage in staff resources. French regulation set the nurses to ICU patients ratio at two for five [6]. Thirteen percent of ICU directors declared that they cannot meet this requirement on a 24/7 basis and the frequent use of overtime. Likewise, undersized medical teams, ie less than three full time attending physicians per 4 ICU beds, ran most ICUs [10]. These degraded working conditions are a major determinant of nurse burnout and dissatisfaction [11], and may explain the unacceptably high proportion of caregivers (2.8% of physicians and 3.5% of nurses) having left intensive care following the first pandemic wave. In anticipation of a third pandemic waves or new emergent threats, France should urgently restore an average of 12 permanent ICU beds per 100,000 inhabitants ensuring homogeneous distributions across territories. To this end, the 670 temporary beds set-up closed to or within ICU walls should be immediately converted to permanent beds. France should align ICU resources to those of other countries [3, 4] with recognizing the specific competencies of ICU nurses [12] and salary increase, increasing staff resources with ratios of nurses to patients of at least 1: 2 per shift, and of physician to patients of 3: 4 per ICU. The annual output of trained ICU physicians should immediately double from 74 per year to at least 150 in 2021.
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