
<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Hello everyone, I am an associate professor at a nursing college in Japan.</p><p>Currently, Japan is experiencing a severe shortage of medical facilities due to the COVID-19 disaster, so I sometimes go to the affiliated hospitals for support.</p><p>For patients with severe COVID-19, the supine position is used to improve respiratory function. A large number of health care workers are required to assume the supine position. However, a large number of healthcare workers cannot be deployed to prevent cluster infection. For this reason, the “Sitting Position without Back Support</p><p>(SB)(Fig1),” which I am studying, is used. The “SWB” is performed using a holding device. This allows a small number of health care workers to assume a seated position, which is expected to improve respiratory function.</p><p>To all nurses in Australia, please be safe and I will see you after COVID-19 is over.</p><figure id="j_ajon-2021-004b_fig_001" position="float" fig-type="figure"><h2>Figure 1</h2><figCaption><p>Sitting Position without Back Support (SB)</p></figCaption><img xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="graphic/j_ajon-2021-004b_fig_001.jpg" src="https://sciendo-parsed.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/6470910d71e4585e08aa016c/j_ajon-2021-004b_fig_001.jpg?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&amp;X-Amz-Date=20240717T083805Z&amp;X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&amp;X-Amz-Expires=18000&amp;X-Amz-Credential=AKIA6AP2G7AKP25APDM2%2F20240717%2Feu-central-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&amp;X-Amz-Signature=8e10f3d243ca246d8fa27108ffbefa3859b48be95678904a39431697d9f5c765" class="mw-100"/><attrib>(This photo was taken with permission from Mr. Hosogaya, RN of Kawaguchi Cardiovascular and Respiratory Hospital, Saitama, Japan)</attrib></figure></div>

Nursing Practice in the COVID-19 Pandemic in Japan

Australasian Journal of Neuroscience

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Nursing Practice in the COVID-19 Pandemic in Japan

Article Category: editorial

Published Online: Oct 29, 2021

Page range: 3 - 3

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/ajon-2021-004b

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Figure 1