December 19 I was admitted with Covid pneumonia as well as sepsis. This video save my life. I didn’t wait for anybody to prone me I did it on my own and I went from 90 L per minute to 3 L per minute in 12 days. I’m home now on supplemental oxygen as my lungs get stronger but I won.
Our intuition always knows best! Our body has a way of guiding what's best for us. I tested positive for Covid on Jan 1st and it was mild except for chest pressure. I figured it was much easier to breathe while proning. And this I figured a few days before I discovered I was infected because I woke up 2 nights in a row with trouble breathing. Hope you get better soon!
First of all, you were not on a ventilator. Much, much easier to prone on high flow oxygen. I always sleep on my belly. I would never say don't do it in the hospital.
These videos are WONDERFUL!!!! I just wish you were still doing videos!! THEY ARE SERIOUSLY some of the best ICU grade videos on RU-vid! We need as many of these types of videos on RU-vid that we can get!
I am a practicing neonatologist with almost 40 years of experience at the bedside. It is refreshing to see the adult critical care world take a page out of our playbook as we have been "proning" patients for decades. The lessons of improving V/Q matching have been well established in the literature. The only difference between your patients and mine is that we do not an army of care givers to turn our patients. Greetings from Rapid City, SD.
Do you mind sharing how she got infected? What period of time took for her to become fully ill? What were the symptoms you saw? It could help some people. I hope she’s improving
@@sanyamjain3561 She would have died if she had not signed a paper for an experimental drug from china that got her out of the hospital in a month and now she's off her oxygen tank but with new heart problems because of how low her oxygen got.
@@StolenPw I am happy to hear she signed up for that experimental drug and it worked. I would say it was a gamble.But all's well when end's well. Wishing her a speedy recovery from heart problems
Thanks so much. I'm sitting in the ICU with covid right now wondering if my doctor is once again full of crap with this proning treatment. After your great explanation, I will try it. Thanks again.
Currently day 12 covid infection. While I’m managing at home, I’m very SOBOE although my Sats are still above 90. So trying proning. As suggested by my mum
@@erdemy.7346 took 3 weeks to stop being bed bound. Then back to work and jabbing patients with covid imms on my birthday in January. But work stress compounded palpitations and dyspnoea. Recent echo and 24 hr tape all ok. But still tachycardia and dizziness on occasion. It’s been 5 months. There you go- bet you wished you never asked! 😉
I've been sick with Covid/side effects for a month now. O2 was bouncing from 90-97 today. Laid on my stomach with a pillow after seeing this 96 97 stable.
@Pradip Chatterjee all hindus dont pray...muslims pray 5 times a day.... But allah loves hindus more than muslims... Because you love a child lost in a kumbh ka mela more than the one living with u....
Is this useful prior to ARDs or before Pneumonia? Such as when a person hasnt yet reached the point to go to the hospital but still has some fevers or phlegm or minor symptoms?
I have 34 years of bedside ventilator experience. I've proned about 6 patients, but I cannot say proning helps. I will say it may help a little. Problems: 1) It is labor intensive for the staff to turn a patient face down. 1 or 2 skilled nurses can turn a patient 30 degrees every 2 hours. A prone, 180 degree turn requires a minimum of 4 people plus a respiratory therapist. 2) Proned patients are generally paralyzed and paralyzing patients increases mortality. 3) Unintended consequences are common in proning like extubation of ET - tube and nasogastric tube. 4) Lines running into the blood vessels are more difficult to manage and have a higher failure rate. Mortality rate in ARDS can be managed down to 25% in the right hands. I do not recommend proning and I do not think it is a significant helpful factor.
Only 6 patients in 34 years? that renders the sample size pretty much useless statistically to prove or the null hypothesis that it does not work, no serious study would be peer approved by using only 6 patients
really... but discuss also the contraindications of proning a patient... cause this is now a trend in our icu treatment of covid-19 patients... sadly most of them are not benefiting to this in fact most of them deteriorating much faster (yes they have a secondary disease like HTN, DM and asthma ), in addition it's very difficult when they arrested... as a nurse u can't start CPR immediately cause of the Prone position.
@@beverlystraus9300 really..? most our patients are deteriorating due to proning.. there must be a contraindications of prone.. but he didn't discussed it.
@@suchadik1918 nope its my 2nd day at home isolation,feeling better and better ,ive got symptoms from 5-6 days severe lung pain and severe sore throat then i feel some shortness of breath on 11 april got tested positive
@@suchadik1918 if u have problem regarding lungs do forceful inhalation and exhalation ( Bhastrika Yoga ), Kapalbhati and Anulom Vilom 1 hour daily . To get amazing results 🙏
Day before yesterday One of the doctor in India made awareness of the benefits of prone ventilation for covid19 and his channel was deleted by RU-vid for violation.
