TOPLINEA “simple” technique known as prone positioning, in which intensive care patients are positioned onto their stomachs, is being advised by experts in the U.K. as a way to lower the chances of ...

It's a simple thing, changing a patient's body position, but one local hospital says it has been effective in treating COVID-19. Nurses at HSHS Sacred Heart Hospital in Eau Claire say they have used ...

The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses released standardized guidelines to assist nurses in caring for patients undergoing prone positioning therapy, according to a May 16 practice alert. In ...

Appearing on "America's Newsroom," Southern Hills Hospital ICU Medical Director Dr. Christopher Voscopoulos explained that the medical center had learned the technique from other physicians in virus ...

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 ...

Oxygenation improved in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 with severe hypoxemic respiratory failure when they were placed in the prone position, a small study in New York City found. One hour after ...

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" ...

SLEEPY HOLLOW, Westchester County (WABC) -- An old technique is giving doctors and coronavirus patients new hope at a hospital in Westchester County. Carlos Alba Garcia, 65, received a well-deserved ...

Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. Awake proning, or positioning COVID-19 patients on their stomachs to increase oxygenation, might ...