Positioning the bedridden patient in prone lying at frequent intervals in 24 hours can be helpful in avoiding so many complications of chest as it directly effects on improving perfusion and arterial oxygen level.But unfortunately due to lack of awareness adapting this position mostly gets neglected.
It is neglected many times. My own son was about to die and in intensive care. he got a lot of pressure wounds. Covid-19 according to Cohen 2020:
"Doctors are finding that placing the sickest coronavirus patients on their stomachs -- called prone positioning - helps increase the amount of oxygen that's getting to their lungs."
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"We're saving lives with this, one hundred percent," said Narasimhan, the regional director for critical care at Northwell Health, which owns 23 hospitals in New York. "It's such a simple thing to do, and we've seen remarkable improvement. We can see it for every single patient."
Who will bell the cat for bed-ridden COVID-19 patients?
Bedridden COVID-19 patients, whether children, adolescents, or adults need to be helped to prone position by a care-giver at home or by a nurse in the hospital.
One has to make sure that the positions are changed to avoid causing another evil while managing COVID-19, the pressure sores.
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