types of position

Question 1

entire frame is horizontal parallel with floor, used for client’s vertebral injuries and in cervical traction, generally preferred by clients for sleeping

Answer 1

supine

Question 2

patient lies flat on abdomen with head turned to one side and hands held in comfortable position

Answer 2

prone

Question 3

used in the examination of posterior trunk, spines and rectum and surgeries of back

Answer 3

prone

Question 4

to relieve pressure on areas such as sacrum, scapula, and heel

Answer 4

prone

Question 5

side lying position, patient lies on the left side, major proportion of body weight on the dependent tip and shoulders

Answer 5

lateral

Question 6

relieve pressure on bony prominences

Answer 6

lateral

Question 7

used for enema, insertion of suppositories and for checking rectal temperature

Answer 7

lateral