It’s been more than a year since Intermountain Healthcare treated its first COVID-19 patient. During that time, clinicians, physical therapists and physical therapy assistants from across the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A collaboratively designed nurse-driven supine trial protocol for prone, intubated patients ...

A new protocol for prone positioning — a technique commonly used to treat COVID-19 patients in respiratory distress by turning them on to their front to increase oxygen flow to the lungs, is published ...

Virus cells. Coronavirus Covid-19 concept image. Patient-directed prone positioning is not feasible in spontaneously breathing, nonintubated patients hospitalized with COVID-19. Patient-directed prone ...

The addition of a certified wound and skin care nurse to a multiprofessional prone-positioning team at Penn Medicine Princeton Health significantly reduced the odds of patients with COVID-19 ...

Placing hospitalized COVID-19 patients on their stomach is helpful if they're on a mechanical ventilator, but a new study suggests it's not a good idea for patients who are not intubated. "Awake" ...

Placing hospitalized COVID-19 patients on their stomach is helpful if they're on a mechanical ventilator, but a new study suggests it's not a good idea for patients who are not intubated. "Awake" ...

Lying facedown on your stomach is described as being in the prone position. This position is often used to help patients who are experiencing respiratory distress. Since the coronavirus pandemic began ...

Lying face down in a prone position is thought to improve outcomes for patients in intensive care with COVID-19. But a trial published by The BMJ today suggests that many patients cared for in ...