High-flow nasal cannulas (HFNCs) was one option we always had INSTEAD of intubation & Ventilation which severely damaged the lungs; April 2020; UChicago Medicine doctors see 'truly remarkable' success
using ventilator alternatives HFNCs to treat COVID-19; NOT ventilator; the HFNCs are often combined with prone positioning, a technique where patients lay on their stomachs to aid breathing.
High-flow nasal cannulas, or HFNCs, are non-invasive nasal prongs that sit below the nostrils and blow large volumes of warm, humidified oxygen into the nose and lungs.
Prone positioning was also used to abusive levels during COVID. A man with COVID escaped from a major hospital that would not let him move at all from prone for 3 weeks. They finally told his family he has less than 48 hours to live; go to hospice. Family then snuck in some hydroxychloroquine (from a sane country where it's OTC), and he finally opened his eyes. He walked out of hospice - after relatives had arrived to say goodbye, and then they sought my help for further recovery. He was lucky to survive this horrible hospital's torture.
My friend with delta couldn’t even get ANY oxygen. That’s how depraved the hospitals were/are. Oxygen down to 89 and sent home. One of the “nurses” told him he didn’t deserve treatment at all. He told her to go to hell. Yikes he’s lucky he survived after spouting off. He got monoclonal treatment and survived (I also sent him ivct).