7. CYCLE OF INJURY
Barotrauma: too much pressure
(>35mmHg)
Atelectotrauma: collapse and
expansion of the alveoli or excessive
driving pressure
Volutrauma: too much tidal
volume
10. Does not Exclude the
Patient
ADVANCED
PREGNANCY
ABDOMINAL SURGERY
RECENT LESS THAN 14
DAYS
MORBID OBESITY MULTI TRAUMA SHOCK
ABDOMINAL
COMPARTMENT
SYNDROME
13. Checklist-
Pre
Proning
Designate Team Roles
Patient has adequate sedation/paralytic
Airway management equipment
Minimize all non-essential infusions and ensure all
lines are secure
Place lines midline to head of the bed or feet
Airway management physician present for
reintubation
14. Procedure
Checklist
Team Assessment
Disconnect leads,EKG and NIBP
Minimum of 5 staff
RT at head
Two nurses/staff or more patient size dependent each side
Slide patient to edge of bed away from ventilator
Tilt the patient and remove pillows
Clean tap is placed to roll patient on
Patient’s arm is placed underneath his or her hip on the side patient is rolled to
Head is placed to side away from lifted arm
Pillow under pelvis, upper chest and lower legs
15. Post
Procedure
Reassess patient after movement- vitals, ventilator
settings, ABG’s
Reconnect monitor
Reconnect any infusions
Access for pressure injuries-face, breast, genitals,
check for abdominal restriction
Debriefing prn
Checklist every hour
Turn head every two hours, arms changed every two
hours, eye care, check for pressure injuries
19. OPERATION PRONE A PATIENT
Multiple pillows elevating the chest (A) ensuring head in natural
position on the prone pillow (B). Hips elevated with pillows (C)
preventing compression on the abdomen (D).
A
B
C
D
22. PRONE
POSITION
CASE
STUDIES
Mr. X is a 60 year-
old with a history
of HTN, DLP and
DM.
Mr. X called EHS
for SOB and
feeling unwell
(SpO2 75%)
Admitted to a
regional ICU
Failed and HFNP
Bi-Pap (Day4)
Intubated (Day4)
Progressively
difficult to
ventilate and
oxygenate (Day6)
Transfer requested
to Halifax
Infirmary (Day12)
Patient turned
prone transport
team
Transported by
ambulance to
ECMO centre
Required VV-
ECMO
Died day 40+
24. CASE TWO
Mr. Y is a 55 year-old male with a history of ETOH abuse.
Mr. Y presented to ED with CAP and Sepsis
Bi-PAP on Day 4
Intubated Day 8
Progressively difficult to ventilate & oxygenate
Severe ARDS
Transfer to Halifax Infirmary on Day 8
Patient turned prone by transport team
Prone for 12-16 hours, turned supine and did very well
Slowly improved, extubate and discharged home
26. CASE THREE
A 60 year-old male
presented to the
ED for a puffer
renewal
Feeling unwell and
SOB for a day or so.
Heavy smoker
Room air SpO2 was
70%
Taken to
resuscitation
Decompensated,
intubated and very
difficult to ventilate
and oxygenate
Transferred to ICU
Prone position for
12 hours
Responded Turned supine
Full recover and
discharged home
Prone positioning has been shown to improve outcomes. We are going to show with a simulation program you can safely bring this therapy to your home units. If it something you are already doing simulations can improve safety and nurses confidence.
All that is required is PRACTIVE, CONFIDENCE and PILLOWS.
Primary, or direct ARDS, results from direct lung injury and tends to be more problematic.
Secondary, or indirect, results from a source outside of the lungs.
ARDS can be stratified as mild, moderate, and severe according to the Pa02/FiO2 ratio.
200-300 / 00-199 / <100
Prone position is indicated for moderate to severe ARDS (<150), early (<36hours) for 12 to 16 hours.
Most patients (70-80%) demonstrate improved oxygenation.
Even for non-responder prone position represents a lung protective intervention.
Our case studies will show how early prone position is more beneficial than late prone positioning.
ARDS passes through three stages. If the root cause is corrected the patient will recover. If the root cause is not corrected or excessive lung injury occurs the patient will not recover and develop chronic pulmonary dysfunction and a poor quality of life.
Moderate to severe cases my die before recover can occour.
The lungs are heavier at the base and lighter at the top. This means apex requires less effort to expand than the bases.
Conversely, perfusion favors the bases. More blood reaches the bases than the apex.
With ARDS lung edema makes the lungs heavier. Hydrostatic pressure and gravity pulls this edema to the bases.
The heavy bases collapse under their own weigh while receiving utilized perfusion.
Frequently, ARDS patient require intubation and mechanical ventilation. Unfortunately, with moderate to severe ARDS, ventilation exacerbates lung injury with barotrauma, atelectotrauma and volumetrauma. Prone position can break this cycle of injury while improving oxygenation.
Prone positioning in ARDS has been extensively studied over the past 20 years. Implementation of prone position has been on and off over the years.
Several RCT and meta-analysis showed improved oxygenation but no significant survival benefits until PROSEVA in 2013. Supportive care has caught up to prone positioning.
N=466 / N=229 Supine /N=237 prone / Early <36 / Duration 12 to 16 hours / Can be prone multiple times / Expected outcome +20% in PaO2 / Lung protective
It was a large European study with 466 that demonstrated survival benefits with prone positioning
Policy really only has a few. We really only follow pretty much these two main ones. I
All of these conditions require assessment. Patients with trachs can also be proned. We proned this winter a patient who was more than 80 percent burned . Obesity is not a barrier. We have proned or thought of proning patients with these conditions. It can be done although carefully. It is easier for us to say this with the central resources at our doisposal but I think it is worth trying even for these patients because they are going to die anyway and it is an option that is cheap and possible to offer families.
If only proning was this simple
Very upsetting to the patient’s family. The patient is acutely unwell, RASS -4, -5 BIS less than 40 and TOF less than 2/4 . Who do you need to prone? R.T Doc skilled in intubation nursing comfortable doing this. Designate leaders in your unit with this procedure. We now can do it with an intensivist on the unit. R.T skilled in this . Proning pillow patients with short necks may need pillow cut. Three pillows taped . This is one everyone forgets to remove the jonnyshirt. Airway management close by. Respiratory equipment. Tube has been xrayed and verified it is in a good position.
Head and tube R.T leader at foot of bed. Nurse responsible for patient and vitals, Make sure the ETT tube is marked and aware of the position before proning. Check liens. We have intensivist present .
Reminder to remove electrodes. Consider applying defib pads if patient having dysthrmias’s
ABG’s thirty minutes after proning. Need to see a 10-20 percent increase in PAO2. patient might need an increase in inatrope support or fluid. If sats and PAO2 do not improve assessment of changing back to supine. Every two hours it is a lift with the head to the side. The R.T is responsible for this.
Option A: In Situ Simulations: On the unit with people who work together with the actual equipment. You can start simple and advance to more complex situations (lost tube, code, ect..). The disadvantage is it take a large investment of time and requires facilitators.
Option B: Simulation for Key Stakeholders: Put key staff trough simulations so they can take a leadership role. This can be RN or RT. This may be easier to adapt in smaller centres.
Option C: Rehearsals by the Ad Hoc Team: Practice a few times before you prone a patient. For example, have a nurse lay in bed and prone them a few times just to pull the team together.
Life Flight was able to train a teamwith simulations, with some who have never proned a patient, to be able to prone patients and transport them.
Now, we will look at our case studies. One was late, intermediate and ealry and you can see the variance in results.
Core group of leaders charge nurses, staff educators, R.T’s and physician leads. Cut your pillow if necessary to fit neck size. Pillows can be the same depending on patient size. It might take some maneuverers to get the neck in position. If the patient improves and no further intervention great if not they can be transferred for possible ECMO. At least we have given them a chance. Many patients comorbidities might preclude them from ECMO but proning might save their life. Life flight can transport proned. We have received patients with significant pressure injuries to the face. Checklist of skin to be followed and check before proning things s such as ETT tab. Use the deep breath approach and check pre and post proning
N=11
N=2
N=0
N=9
Simulations were used to train staff who never proned and now they prone and transport.
Simulations are an effective method, either option A, B or C, to help prepare critical care nurse for these high acuity low occurrence competencies.
Good outcomes, of course, a good for the patient but also for nurses’ well being.
We can all recall being thrust into unpleasant situations in which our performance may have not been the best.
More importantly, we all can recall nurses who left critical care or nurses after an adverse event.
Let’s change this.
Thank you.