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9 Cards in this Set
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Decubitus position |
Laying down, specifically according to the part of the body laying on a flat surface, as in left,right, lateral decubitus, or ventral or dorsal |
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Dorsal recumbent position |
On back, with legs bent and separated, feet flat;used for obstetrics and gynaecology |
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Fowler |
On back, head of bed raised about 18 inches, knees elevated; used to ease breathing and for drainage |
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Jackknife |
On back with shoulders elevated, legs flexed and thighs at right angles to the abdomen; used to introduce a tube into the urethra |
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Knee-chest |
On knees, head and upper chest on table, arms crossed above head; used in gynecology and obstetrics and for flushing the intestine |
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Lateral recumbent |
On the side with one arm flexed arm position may vary |
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Lithotomy |
On back legs flexed on abdomen, thighs apart use for a gynaecologist and urology surgery |
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Sims |
Unless side right side drawn up high and forward left arm along back chest forward resting on bed use for kidney and uterine surgery: examination and enemas |
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Trendelenburg |
On back with head lowered by tilting bed back at 45° angle used for pelvic and abdominal surgery treatment of shock |
