Positions

Question 1

SUPINE POSITION

Answer 1

Patient is lying horizontally with face and chest facing upward

Question 2

PRONE POSITION

Answer 2

Patient is lying horizontally face down with back of the body facing upwards

Question 3

LITHOTOMY POSITION

Answer 3

Patient is lying horizontally, face and chest facing upwards, legs are seperated, flexed and supported in a raised position (eg stirrups)

Question 4

LATERAL RECUMBENT POSITION

Answer 4

RIGHT LATERAL RECUMBENT (RLR)
Patient lying on their right side

LEFT LATERAL RECUMBENT (LLR)
Patient lying on their left side

Question 5

TRENDELENBERG POSITION

Answer 5

Patient lying flat on their back with feet positioned 15-30 degrees higher than their head

Question 6

REVERSE TRENDELENBERG POSITION

Answer 6

Patient is laying flat on theur back with head 15-30 degrees higher than their feet