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As Florida prepares for a surge in COVID-19 cases the state is reaching out to ambulatory surgery centers for possible help.

Many states are projected to have excessive demand for ventilator machines in the coming weeks, but no state government has formally asked hospitals to prepare for difficult and complex crisis triage.

As a nurse, Patty Allison knew what to do when her husband Ed crashed his bike and broke his neck. She kept him alive, breathing air into his lungs, until…