ICU audit identifies pressures on the system and outlines how to address them

An audit of the country’s intensive care units shows they’re operating at near maximum capacity.

The report also highlights a need for hospitals to prioritise discharges, to free up space for their sickest patients.

Professor Rory Dwyer is the Clinical Lead for the annual Irish National ICU Audit.

He says there are ways to improve things, but that’ll be difficult as long as ICU is at maximum capacity……………..

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