Chennai: Awake proning and High-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) are the game changers in Covid treatment that help cure Patients. There is not much awareness about this treatment process.
Apollo Hospitals has said it would like to create awareness of this method since compulsory ventilation is not required to every patient. This method helps eliminate the use of a ventilator for patients suffering from Covid.
Many Covid patients are profoundly Hypoxemic with low oxygen saturation- a condition called ‘Silent / Happy Hypoxia’. They will be completely normal and comfortable with no breathing difficulty, however, their oxygen level will be deteriorating at a faster pace. This can be picked up only by pulse oximeters. These patients really do well with oxygen supplementation alone.
“Apollo Speciality Hospitals, Vanagaram was one of the first hospitals in Chennai to step up and treat Covid patients in the private sector. An exclusive fever clinic at the hospital has treated over more than thousand patients. Apollo Speciality Hospitals Vangaram has saved many lives with HFNC and Awake Proning eliminating the need for ventilation,” said a release.