By CNBCTV18.com May 5, 2021 8:04:39 PM IST (Updated)
Proning can be a low-risk, low-cost manoeuvre to help COVID-19 patients. It may restore SpO2 levels for some. It may help critical patients buy time till they get professional medical care.
As India struggles to provide medical supplies, including oxygen and hospital beds to COVID-19 patients, doctors have come up with helpful tips for those in home care.
To tackle falling oxygen levels in blood, doctors have advised proning, or lying on one’s stomach. Apart from possibly helping some patients restore healthy blood oxygen levels (SpO2 or blood oxygen saturation), proning can assist critical patients buy more time till professional medical help arrives, The News Minute (TNM) reported.
What is proning?
Proning, a medically accepted position, is the process of turning a patient with precise, safe motions from their back onto their abdomen (stomach), so that the individual is lying face down, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.