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Betty Bryant lying down and reading letters Painting of a lying woman. Lying – also called recumbency, prostration, or decubitus in medicine (from Latin decumbo 'to lie down') – is a type of human position in which the body is more or less horizontal and supported along its length by the surface underneath.
The recovery position is designed to prevent suffocation through obstruction of the airway, which can occur in unconscious supine patients. The supine patient is at risk of airway obstruction from two routes:
Surgical positioning is the practice of placing a patient in a particular physical position during surgery.The goal in selecting and adjusting a particular surgical position is to maintain the patient's safety while allowing access to the surgical site.
The recovery position or coma position refers to one of a series of variations on a lateral recumbent or three-quarters prone position of the body, into which an unconscious but breathing casualty can be placed as part of first aid treatment.
The Sims Position is described as in the person lying on the left side, left hip and lower extremity straight, and right hip and knee bent. It is also called lateral recumbent position. [3] Sims' position is also described as the person lying on the left side with both legs bent. [4]
The decline in death due to sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is said to be attributable to having babies sleep in the supine position. [3] The realization that infants sleeping face down, or in a prone position, had an increased mortality rate re-emerged into medical awareness at the end of the 1980s when two researchers, Susan Beal in Australia and Gus De Jonge in the Netherlands ...
Medical mannequin placed in the Trendelenburg position Trendelenburg position. In the Trendelenburg position (/ ˈ t r ɛ n d əl ən b ɜːr ɡ /), the body is lain supine, or flat on the back on a 15–30 degree incline with the feet elevated above the head. [1]
A postcard of a woman on a beach in prone position. In anatomy, the prone position is a position of the human body lying face down.It is opposed to the supine position which is face up.