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Efficient, coordinated & safe use of the body to move objects and carry out the activities
of daily living.
PRINCIPLES OF GOOD BODY MECHANICS
1. Maintain a Stable Center of Gravity
Keep your center of gravity low.
Keep your back straight.
Bend at the knees and hips.
2. Maintain a Wide Base of Support.
- This will provide you with maximum stability while lifting.
Keep your feet apart.
Place one foot slightly ahead of the other.
Flex your knees to absorb jolts.
Turn with your feet.
3. Maintain the Line of Gravity.
- The line should pass vertically through the base of support.
Keep your back straight.
Keep the object being lifted close to your body.
4. Maintain Proper Body Alignment.
Tuck in your buttocks.
Pull your abdomen in and up.
Keep your back flat.
Keep your head up.
Keep your chin in.
Keep your weight forward and supported on the outside of your feet.
REASONS FOR CHANGING THE POSITION OF A PATIENT
The following are reasons for changing a patient's position.
1.
2.
To prevent deformities.
When one lies in bed for long periods of time, muscles become atonic and atrophy.
Prevention of deformities will allow the patient to ambulate when his activity level is
advanced.
4.
To relieve pressure and prevent strain (which lead to the formation of decubiti).
5.
To stimulate circulation.
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4. Provide privacy.
5. Place bed at an appropriate &
comfortable working height.
6. Lower the side rail nearest you. Make
sure the side rail on the opposite side of
the bed is raised.
7. Position yourself with your feet apart
and your knees flexed close to the side
of the bed.
8. Fold the patient's arms across his chest.
2.
Approach and identify the patient (by checking the identification band) and explain the
procedure (using simple terms and pointing out the benefits).
3.
Provide privacy.
4.
Lower the side rail on the side of the body at which you are working.
5.
Position yourself with your feet apart and your knees flexed close to the side of the bed.
6.
7.
Place your arms under the patient so that a major portion of the patient's weight is
centered between your arms. The arm of one nurse should support the patient's head and neck.
8.
On the count of three, move the patient to the side of the bed, rocking backward on your
heels and keeping the patient's body in correct alignment.
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10.
11.
Place a pillow under the patient's head and another between his legs.
12.
13.
Grasp the far side of the patient's body with your hands evenly distributed from the
shoulder to the thigh.
14.
On the count of three, roll the patient to a lateral position, rocking backward onto your
heels.
15.
Place pillows in front of and behind the patient's trunk to support his alignment in the
lateral position.
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