Level 1 Recognize the need to surge bed capacities ED experiencing increased numbers In rapidly progressing pandemic start with level 2 Level 2 Hospital has surged to maximum bed capacity and ED is overwhelmed There are not enough beds to accommodate all patients needing hospital admission, and not enough ventilators Hospitals staff absenteeism is 20-30% Level 3 Hospital has already implemented altered standards of care regarding nurse/patient ratios and have added patients to already occupied hospital rooms Hospital Staff absenteeism is 30-40% The following is expected to be followed if hospital reaches Level 2 or Level 3 in the Pandemic Plan. The assumption is that at Level 2 effort would be made to not admit these patients to the hospital and patients meeting the exclusion criteria will not be admitted to the ICU. At Level 3 the efforts to keep these patients from being admitted to the hospital increase. All effort...