Implications
The results from this pilot study provide evidence-based information
beneficial to the clinical setting and have implications for an
effective rescue intervention for COVID-19 positive patients in
respiratory distress that can be performed independently. As research
expands in the area that directly addresses the health crisis and what
hospitals and the multidisciplinary team can do using a simple measure
to alleviate respiratory symptoms associated with the virus and
avoidance of extraneous interventions, we suggest a more comprehensive,
protocolized, and guided study that focuses on short-term and long-term
effects from stomach and lateral proning in patients who are respiratory
compromised.