Prone was the only way i could breathe.. Didn't understand why. And my wife who did nursing back in the day thought it was strange. Thank you for the explanation. I hope this is understood by the entire medical community dealing with this disease. From all the footage I've ever seen of COVID-19 patients; they're all on their backs. Thank you for your work. Spread the message..
WONDERFUL video! I believe the best proning, is the use of the rotoProne bed! These beds are not used as much as they should be in hospitals! My university hospital in University Of Kentucky got rid of their RotoProne beds, which was a HORRIBLE decision in my opinion! USE THESE BEDS PEOPLE!!! They save lives!
Would the same number of alveoli be fluid-filled regardless of position? If they are prone there would be fewer alveoli in the dependant area but also less space for that fluid to go, causing roughly the same number of them to be filled with fluid?
This is just as much about the fluid in the interstitial space as the alveoli, in fact probably more so. It's not about draining the fluid, just allowing the alveoli more room to open up.
Question, my uncle is currently in a ventilator. Has been for a week. We asked the doctor if he was using the prone positioning. He said "no, because he's breathing okay. What he had was a respiratory shock" From my understanding, if you're in a ventilator, you can't possible be breathing okay. To make things more clear. He was using a oxygen mask, and apparently got up and took off/lost the mask. He was found the next day and put in a ventilator, hence the "respiratory shock" Was the doctor just giving us excuses to not use it?