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COVID-19 - Awake Self-Proning

Physiology of proning:
 - more homogenous ventilation
 - decrease ventral-dorsal transpulmonary pressure difference
COVID-19 - Awake ... Self-Proning ... #prone #awake # ... covid19 #sarscov2 ... #management #treatment
Elmhurst Hospital Awake Proning Instructions in English/Spanish 

1) Lying on your belly (30m-2h) 
2) Lying on
Hospital Awake Proning ... Bentley #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 ... Prone positioning ... indication for prone ... • Proning is a ... #management #schema
Awake Proning Instructions for Patients

Try to avoid lying flat on your back, instead lay on your
Awake Proning Instructions ... MS #Awake #Proning ... #PatientInfo #Prone ... #Management #COVID19
Post Proning Nursing Checklist
Head/Face: 
 - Check ETT/tracheostomy is accessible/not kinked (ETT cm at teeth …..)
Post Proning Nursing ... pain free - Infusion ... 20-30 mins post prone ... Checklist #Post #Prone ... #CriticalCare #Management
Lung POCUS: Small right anechoic parapneumonic effusion. Note B-lines. Curvilinear probe used. More commonly seen in
Lung POCUS: Small ... parapneumonic effusion ... Curvilinear probe ... prelim reports of COVID19 ... #Lung #POCUS #Pulmonary
Interesting view using linear probe of both ascites and pleural effusion with diaphragm between - Lung
view using linear probe ... ascites and pleural effusion ... lung #pleural #effusion ... #clinical #radiology ... #pocus #ultrasound
Hemopericardium and Cardiac Tamponade on POCUS Echocardiogram

Next best step for this 25yo male (SBP 70)?
Resolution: pericardiocentesis
Cardiac Tamponade on POCUS ... to definitive managemt ... Cardiac #Tamponade #Effusion ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #Pericardial #Cardiology
CT and ultrasonographic features of COVID-19 pneumonia
Lung CT:
 - Thickened pleura
 - Ground glass shadow and
ultrasonographic features of COVID ... glass shadow and effusion ... pulmonary fibrosis #COVID19 ... ChestCT #Ultrasound #POCUS ... #features #Radiology