CCMA NHA Patient Positions -Questions and Answers.

CCMA NHA Patient Positions -Questions
and Answers.
Fowler's -
\sitting position, back of the exam table raised to a 90 degree angle

exams involving the eyes, ears, nose, throat, and chest

Semi-Fowler's -
\seated leaning back against back of the exam table, raised to a 45 degree angle

- chest exams
- exams needed to be administered in supine, but patient is unable to lay flat
- exams for patients experiencing shortness of breath

Sims -
\laying on the left side with left leg slightly flexed and the right leg flexed at 90 degree
angle; can involve pillow placed between the legs

exams involving the rectum, enemas

knee-chest -
\prone and bent at the waist resting on the knees with arms above the head

- gynecological or rectal exams
- treatments of spinal adjustments

Jack-knife -
\lying over exam table that is lifted in the middle

-rectal exams or instrumentation (flexible sigmoidoscopy)

Lithotomy -
\lying flat on the table with the buttocks at the end of the table and feet resting in stirrups

female pelvic exams

Dorsal recumbent -
\lying flat on back with knees bent

- catheterizations
- genital examination of younger children, adolescents

Prone -