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''An ICU Nurse Takes A Year To Train & 7 Are Required Per ICU Bed''- Catherine Motherway On ICU Capacity

Catherine Motherway, intensive care specialist at University Hospital Limerick joined Gavan this ...

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12.31 21 Nov 2021


''An ICU Nurse Takes A Year To Train & 7 Are Required Per ICU Bed''- Catherine Motherway On ICU Capacity


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12.31 21 Nov 2021


Catherine Motherway, intensive care specialist at University Hospital Limerick joined Gavan this morning on On The Record.

At the moment in UL there is a total of 13 Covid patients accounting for 24 critical care beds. Motherway noted that transplant surgery has been profoundly impacted both nationally and internationally by the pandemic.

It takes a year to train an ICU Nurse and 7 ICU Nurses are required for each bed.

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