Postural Drainage Positioning

Question 1

Apical segments of R and L upper lobes

Answer 1

Sitting poisons leaning 30-40º

Percussion/vibration performed above clavicles

Question 2

Posterior segment of R upper lobe

Answer 2

Patient turned 1/4 from prone on left side with bed horizontal and head and shoulders raised on pillow
Percussion/vibration around medial border of the right scapula

Question 3

Posterior segment of left upper lobe

Answer 3

Patient turned 1/4 from prone on right side with the head of the bed elevated to 45 º and the head and shoulder raised on a pillow
Percussion/vibration around medial border of the left scapula

Question 4

Lingua left upper lobe

Answer 4

Patient is turned 1/4 from supine on the right side with the foot of the bed elevated 12 in
Percussion/vibration over left chest between axilla and left nipple

Question 5

Anterior segments of left and right upper lobes

Answer 5

Supine with bed horizontal

Percussion/vibration below clavicles

Question 6

Right middle lobe

Answer 6

Turned 1/4 from supine on the left side with the foot of the bed elevated 12 in
Percussion/vibration over right chest between axial and right nipple

Question 7

Superior segments of L and R lower lobes

Answer 7

Prone with bed horizontal

Percussion/vibration below inferior border of L and R scapulae

Question 8

Anterior basal segments of left and right lower lobes

Answer 8

Supine with the foot of the bed elevated 18 in

Percussion/vibration over lower ribs on the L and R side

Question 9

Posterior basal segments of L and R lower lobes

Answer 9

Prone with the foot of the bed elevated 18 in over the lower ribs
Percussion/vibration over lower ribs on the left and the right side of the chest

Question 10

Lateral basal segments of lower lobes

Answer 10

Sidelying with the foot the bed elevated 18 in
Percussion/vibration performed over lower ribs
L lobe- R sidelying, vice versa