Position
1. Supine.
👉🏼 Physical examination, resting, undergoing anesthesia, lung biopsy.
2. Dorsal Recumbent
👉🏼 Physical examination of abdomen & genital area, perineal care, PV. Examination.
3. Trendelenburg
👉🏼 shock, Hypotension, cord prolapse, air embolism, abdomen organ upwards during certain.
4. Reverse Trendelenburg
👉🏼Minimize gastroesophagal reflex.
5. Lateral
👉🏼To promote lung and Cardiac function.
👉🏼To relive pressure on back and coccyx.
👉🏼After liver biopsy RT. Lateral.
👉🏼 pyloric stenosis.
👉🏼During seizure attached and air embolism lt. Lateral.
6. Sim's
👉🏼 Ractal examination
👉🏼 Given by enema.
👉🏼 Prevent aspiration.
7. Low Fowler
👉🏼 Aspiration during tube feeding.
👉🏼 During increase ICP.
8. semi Fowler
👉🏼To promote lung expansion.
👉🏼 to relive Tension on surgical site following abdomen surgery.
👉🏼Tracheo esophageal fistula.
👉🏼 Paracentesis.
9. High Fowler
👉🏼Risk of choking.
👉🏼relive respiratory distress
👉🏼Naso gastric tube intubation.
👉🏼ARDS, Asthma, COPD, Emphysema, Plural effusion.
10. Orthopneic
👉🏼Relive respiratory distress
👉🏼Thracentesis.
👉🏼 ARDS
11. Prone.
👉🏼Prevent aspiration
👉🏼recovery position after anesthesia.
👉🏼Renal biopsy
👉🏼Neural tube defect.
12 Lithotomy
👉🏼Child birth
👉🏼Pelvic gynecology surgery.
13. Knee Chest // Genupectoral
👉🏼 sigmoidoscopy
👉🏼 lumber laminectomy
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