Open AccessDevelopment, Implementation, and Impact of a Proning Team During the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit Surge
Author(s) -
Sharon C. O’Donoghue,
Meghan Church,
Kristin Russell,
Kelly A. Gamboa,
Jacqueline Hardman,
Jennifer Sarge,
Ari Moskowitz,
Margaret M. Hayes,
Michael N. Cocchi,
Susan DeSantoMadeya
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
dimensions of critical care nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.469
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 1538-8646
pISSN - 0730-4625
DOI - 10.1097/dcc.0000000000000498
Subject(s) - teamwork , medicine , intensive care unit , personal protective equipment , medical emergency , pandemic , intensive care , population , nursing , covid-19 , intensive care medicine , disease , environmental health , pathology , political science , infectious disease (medical specialty) , law
Prone positioning has been used as an intervention to improve oxygenation in critically ill patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome. During the COVID-19 pandemic, resources were even more limited given a surge in acute respiratory distress syndrome patients, which outstripped intensive care unit (ICU) capacity at many institutions.