POSITIONS, PROJECTIONS, AND METHODS

Question 1

GENERAL BODY POSITIONS

Answer 1

Refer to the overall position of the patient

Question 2

Erect

Answer 2

Standing or seated

Question 3

Recumbent

Answer 3

Lying down in any position

Question 4

Prone (Ventral Recumbent)

Answer 4

Lying on anterior surface

Question 5

Supine (Dorsal recumbent)

Answer 5

Lying on posterior surface (face up)

Question 6

Trendelenberg

Answer 6

With the patient in a supine position, the head is lower than the feet, used to increase blood flow to the brain in hypotension, vasovagal reactions, & shock.

Question 7

Fowler’s

Answer 7

With the patient in a supine position, the head is higher than the feet, used for patients with respiratory distress.

Question 8

Simms

Answer 8

Patient is rotated forward, from a lateral position with the top leg over and in front of the bottom leg, used to relax the external anal sphincter for ease of enema tip insertion.