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COVID-19 - Awake Self-Proning

Physiology of proning:
 - more homogenous ventilation
 - decrease ventral-dorsal transpulmonary pressure difference
COVID-19 - Awake ... 5 #proning #prone ... #awake #covid19
Elmhurst Hospital Awake Proning Instructions in English/Spanish 

1) Lying on your belly (30m-2h) 
2) Lying on
Elmhurst Hospital Awake ... Suzanne Bentley #Awake ... #PatientInfo #Prone ... #Management #COVID19
COVID-19 RESPIRATORY PATHWAY ALGORITHM
Awake proning may help with oxygenation
Permissive hypoxemia, if closely monitored and in the
COVID-19 RESPIRATORY ... PATHWAY ALGORITHM ... Awake proning ... FOAMpodcast #COVID19 ... RESPIRATORY #Support #ALGORITHM
Awake Proning Instructions for Patients

Try to avoid lying flat on your back, instead lay on your
Awake Proning Instructions ... Westafer, DO, MPH, MS ... #Awake #Proning ... #PatientInfo #Prone ... #Management #COVID19
General schema for respiratory support in patients with COVID-19
Low flow nasal cannula
 • Typically set at
patients with COVID ... filter • N95 mask ... Prone positioning ... indication for prone ... hypoxia #failure #algorithm
Difficult Airway Algorithm

1. Assess the likelihood and clinical impact of basic management problems: 
 • Difficulty
Difficult Airway Algorithm ... • Difficult mask ... choices: • Awake ... Difficult #airway #algorithm
QTc Flow chart to minimize TdP in COVID-19 inpatients on Chloroquine/Azithromycin

Flow chart to manage effects on
minimize TdP in COVID ... K-Serum Potassium; ms ... dobutamine #COVID19 ... Prolongation #Torsades #Algorithm
Mechanical ventilation in obese patients according to the i-STAR Algorithm
Intubate
 • Anticipate difficult airway management and
to the i-STAR Algorithm ... and difficult mask ... pressure • Prone ... patients #iSTAR #Algorithm