How physiotherapy is helping coronavirus patients

Alongside doctors and nurses, physiotherapists have played a key role in the care and treatment of COVID-19 patients in hospitals in India. But how do they help patients recover?

Outside of coronavirus care, physiotherapists are continuing to help other patients with their injuries and movement problems during the pandemic through online appointments. You can now book Doctor appointment Online in Greater Noida. But what's happening on the hospital wards?

Intensive care

On admission to critical care, also called an intensive treatment unit (ITU) or intensive care unit (ICU), patients are sedated and intubated (a tube is inserted through the mouth and into the airway). On average, patients remain sedated for seven to 10 days; then they are slowly 'woken up' from sedation.

The primary aim when people first arrive is to get enough oxygen into their blood. They have a really stormy course, maybe the first seven to 10 days. After that point, when their condition starts to gradually improve, their lungs are improving and we'll start to slowly turn off the sedation.

As the patient is weaned off sedation, they might then be ventilated through a tracheostomy, a tube that runs through the windpipe. Although this ventilation is invasive, it is a little more comfortable for the patient than intubation through the mouth (endotracheal intubation).

During sedation, patients are in a low conscious awareness state, rather than sleep, which also contributes to disorientation. Patients also have to cope with receiving treatment from clinicians in full PPE, and cannot receive visitors.

Physical rehabilitation

During sedation, patients are in a low conscious awareness state, rather than sleep, which also contributes to disorientation. Patients also have to cope with receiving treatment from clinicians in full PPE, and cannot receive visitors.

The best physiotherapist in Ghaziabad will help patients to the edge of a bed, sit in a chair, and stand up from a seated position. Often they use tilting chairs or hoists to support the movement. Simple exercises also force patients to breathe a little harder. This strengthens a patient's respiratory system, which prepares them for learning to dress, move, and make cups of tea again.

A dry cough is one of the main symptoms of COVID-19. Swing wood says she can only think of a few cases where she and her colleagues have needed to use manual techniques to help people breathe. Click here to book doctor appointment in Noida extension.