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Positioning
Therapeutic positions are used to
promote comfort of the client.
Proper turning and positioning
allows the client as comfort as
possible, prevent contractures and
pressure sores, and facilitates
diagnostic tests and surgical
interventions.
Guidelines of positioning
Assume
Cont.guidelines of positioning
Avoid
Cont.positioning
Cont..positioning
Pressure-
Principles of positioning
Maintain
TYPES OF POSITIONS
Prone
Supine
Semi
Knee-chest
prone/
Sims position
High fowlers
Semi fowlers
Left Lateral
Dorsal
recumbent
Trendelenburg
Reverse
trendelenburg
Cardiac
Lithotomy
Supine Position
Prone Position
To
Lateral Position
For
Fowlers Position
To
Trendelenburg Position
Patients
Reverse Trendelenburg
Position
Bed frames is tilted up with foot of
bed down.
Use for patient with gastric
conditions, prevents esophageal
reflux.
Knee-Chest Position
Patient
Cardiac position
This
Lithotomy Position
Patient
in dorsal recumbent
position with the buttocks at the
edge of the examining table and
the heels in stirrups.
Surgical procedures involving
genitourinary systems.
Assessment of female genitalia
and rectum.
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