What is the supine position?

The common supine position is with your head on the pillow, your arms at your sides, and your legs naturally straight.

It is mostly a position for rest and sleep.

According to the condition and diagnosis and treatment needs, it can be changed into the following positions.

In clinical medicine, the supine position is the most commonly used position, and can be used for most surgeries on the head, maxillofacial area, neck, chest, abdomen, limbs, etc.

Extended information Posture classification Basic postures are divided into active postures and forced postures. In clinical practice, forced postures are more common, which means that the patient is forced to maintain a posture due to the needs of the disease.

Common forced positions include pillow-free supine position, concave recumbent position, semi-sitting recumbent position, upright sitting position, lateral decubitus position, head-up and foot-down position, and head-down and foot-high position.

1. Supine position with pillow removal: This is common in patients after spinal anesthesia. The purpose is to prevent headaches caused by reduced intracranial pressure.

2. Central recessed position: Common in patients with shock. The purpose is to increase the amount of blood returned to the heart, thereby increasing cardiac output to reduce the risk of shock.

3. Semi-sitting position: Commonly seen in patients with abdominal inflammation or abdominal surgery. The purpose of adopting this position is to reduce the tension at the wound and relieve pain.

4. The upright position is "commonly used in patients with bronchial asthma. The purpose is to relieve dyspnea, because such patients will aggravate dyspnea when they lie down. 5. Side-lying position: common in patients who need enema, or who need anal or gastroscopy

. 6. Head-down position: common in patients who need skull traction due to cervical spine fractures. 7. Head-down position: common in premature rupture of membranes during pregnancy. This position prevents uterine prolapse.

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