Creating an Intensive Care Unit From a Postanesthesia Care Unit for the COVID-19 Surge at the Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System

摘要

To prepare for the predicted surge of patients with COVID-19 in Southeast Michigan, the US Department of Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System engineered, built, and staffed a 12-bed intensive care unit (ICU) from the existing postanesthesia care unit (PACU).