proning
noun[U]
medicalspecializeduk/ˈprəʊ.nɪŋ/us/ˈproʊ.nɪŋ/theprocessof putting someone into apositionin which they arelyingfacedown,especiallyinordertoimprovetheirbreathingandoxygenlevels:
Manypatientsshowimprovedoxygenation from proning.
Proning hasbecomepartof theplanofcareduring the COVID-19pandemic.
- Theprocessof getting apatientontotheirfrontisknownas proning.
- The proningteamthencarefullyturnsthepatientontotheirfront.
- Awake proning is forpatientsnot onventilators.
Reclining
- crowd-surfing
- fallen
- fetal position
- foetal position
- full-length
- lay
- lean
- lounge around (something)
- prone
- prone positioning
- prostrate
- prostration
- recline
- sink
- sit back
- sprawl
- sprawled
- spreadeagled
- stretch
- stretch(yourself)out
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