Do I have to worry about possible triage in hospitals if I'm healthy myself?

Even if you are healthy and follow all Corona measures well, it can still happen that you or someone close to you needs treatment in a hospital. Recognized experts in this field have dealt with this topic.

Question: As a healthy person, you don't have to worry, even if triage occurs in the hospitals, right?

Answer: True triage is the last resort we are forced to use in hospitals to prevent collapse.

Normally healthy people will then most likely receive intensive care treatment even in the event of an accident or sudden serious illness. But it remains to be seen whether the quality of treatment in a hospital system that is already under extreme pressure will be damaged.

Quite apart from the fact that the healthy person may have sick relatives or friends about whom he/she will then have to worry a lot.
(OA Dr. med. Wolfgang Hagen)

Answer: The disease can be very serious and even fatal even in young, healthy people; it is a Russian roulette.

Triage, ie order of treatment, means that the person who needs help most quickly and has the best chance of recovery is treated first in a bottleneck situation. But that can also mean that a young person after a serious car accident with serious injuries has worse odds than a COVID patient - whether vaccinated or not.

Protecting the healthcare system means protecting everyone, because an overloaded healthcare system can affect anyone!
We have lost a lot of patients and are already under a lot of strain. We therefore call for vaccination. (Dr. med. Eva Potura)

About the experts

OA Dr. med. Wolfgang Hagen (Vienna) is an internist at the Hietzing Clinic, where his tasks include treating COVID-19 patients. Since the beginning of 2020, in his free time he has been trying to raise awareness about the pandemic and, in particular, provide information about the situation in the hospital.

Dr. med. Eva Potura (Lower Austria/Vienna) is an intensive care physician and anesthesiologist. She is the founder and first chairwoman of the “Second Victim” association (www.secondvictim.at/), which – independent of the employer – provides free psychological help for medical staff after critical events. She has treated countless COVID intensive care patients in the last 18 months and the resulting burden on the medical profession. Staff notice themselves and their colleagues.

Source: uni:press ÖH Salzburg

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