AWAKE PRONING OR REPOSITIONING IN COVID-19 PATIENT

Awake proning or repositioning has been endorsed in several national and international guidelines for the management of patient suffering from COVID-19 with moderate to severe respiratory distress where patient appear to respond well to the treatment in position changing. Repositioning of the patient is done to improve the ventilation and also for the secretion clearance. For this nurses must be aware about the technique used for awake repositioning and also provide education among community people that how to reposition the patient by using multimedias.