U.S. field hospitals stand down, most without treating any Covid-19 patients
Something the article doesn&#x27;t do a great job of covering is how overall emergency medical incidents went way down more than expected - which is what some of these field hospitals (and the Navy ships) were for.<p>The head of a local hospital network has tweeted wondering where all the heart attack and stroke patients went - both in my lightly impacted region and in disaster NYC. Did the rate go down? Or did people just die at home afraid to go to the hospital?<p>In SF in normal times, over 50% of trauma cases are from car accidents. My completely unscientific theory is that commuting&#x2F;traffic is way more stressful and physically taxing than people think.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.sfexaminer.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;half-of-injuries-treated-at-sf-general-hospital-are-from-traffic-collisions&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.sfexaminer.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;half-of-injuries-treated-at-...</a>