Review Article
Year: 2020 | Month: July-September | Volume: 5 | Issue: 3 | Pages: 108-116
Physiotherapy Management of COVID-19
Sharick Shamsi1, Thamer Mugheeb1, Shabana Khan2
1Senior Physiotherapist at Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh KSA
2Physiotherapist at Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh KSA
Corresponding Author: Sharick Shamsi
ABSTRACT
Coronavirus disease 2019, COVID-19 is the 3rd coronavirus infectious disease happening in 20 years was initially defined in Asia, later Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), & Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). COVID-19 illness expands globally, intensive care unit (ICU) specialists, health care management, authority, plan creators, and researchers need to brace for sudden increase of high volume in critical patients. Physiotherapists (PTs), mostly respiratory PTs, are healthcare specialists involved in managing and caring for the population of these patients, & play important part in conservative care and treatment, changes in posture, functional mobility and while invasive mechanical ventilator support is being weaned. The objective of the study is to determine the recent research evidences for the management of physiotherapist during COVID-19 pandemic. This study will provide a quick respiratory physiotherapist reference guide to set up treatments for the management in acute stages of patients suffering from severe COVID-19.
Keywords: COVID-19, Physiotherapy, Physiotherapy Management.