Medical Positions

Question 1

Which medical position is best for listening to the lungs and checking for apical pulse?

Answer 1

Sitting

Question 2

What medical position has a patient lying flat on their back with arms at the sides?

Answer 2

Supine Position

Question 3

What medical position has the patient lying flat on the abdomen with arms above the head?

Answer 3

Prone position

Question 4

What medical position has a patient sitting with the back of exam table at 90 degrees?

Answer 4

Fowlers Position

Question 5

What medical position has the patient sitting at a 45 degree angle?

Answer 5

Semi-Flower’s position

Question 6

What position has a patient lying flat on the back with knees bent?

Answer 6

Dorsal Recumbent

Question 7

What position has the patient prone and bent at the waist, resting on their knee with arms above the head?

Answer 7

Knee-Chest

Question 8

Which position has a patient lying flat on the table with buttocks at the end, feet resting in stirrups?

Answer 8

Lithotomy position

Question 9

What position has the patient lying on their left side with the right leg slightly flexed at a 90 degree angle?

Answer 9

Sims position

Question 10

What position has the patient lying over the exam table that is lifted in the middle?

Answer 10

Jack-Knife/Proctologic Position

Question 11

What position has the patient’s legs elevated above the head to force circulation to vital organs?

Answer 11

Trendelenburg Position

Question 12

Which medical position is best for shock?

Answer 12

Trendelenburg

Question 13

Which position is best for rectal exams and sigmoidoscopy?

Answer 13

Jack-Knife/Proctologic Position

Question 14

Which position is best for exams involving the rectum

Answer 14

Sims Position

Question 15

Which position is best for female pelvic exams?

Answer 15

Lithotomy Position

Question 16

Which position is best for enemas and the treatments of spinal adjustments?

Answer 16

Knee-Chest Position

Question 17

Which position is best for EKG, abdominal exams, and genital exams of younger children?

Answer 17

Dorsal Recumbent

Question 18

Which position is best for exams of the eyes, ears, nose, throat, and chest?

Answer 18

Fowlers position

Question 19

Which position is best for EKGs, chest exams, and patients experiencing shortness of breath?

Answer 19

Semi-Fowler’s Position

Question 20

Which position is best for back procedures, exams involving the back of the body, and contraindicated in late-term pregnancy?

Answer 20

Prone Position

Question 21

Which position is best for EKG, abdominal exams, and doing CPR?

Answer 21

Supine Position