Stanford Hospital is testing a drive-through ER to treat patients in cars so that contagious conditions do not affect the public in a normal crowded ER. “Social distancing” is required during a pandemic or bio-terrorist attack therefore people could drive-thru and still be nursed outside the hospital. With timekeepers tracking the process, Weiss found that the drive-thru reduced patients’ length of stay by 1.5 hours compared to what would have been expected in a traditional ER. Doctors tended the patients in the parking garage either in the car or on cots. [Weirdlyodd.com]
