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Low or Semi Fowler's angle
15-45
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High Fowler's angle
60-90
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Low or Semi Fowler's padding
- Pillow: head, neck, upper back
- Pillow under forearms
- Lumbar
- Pillow under lower leg
- Pad under thighs to flex knees
- Foot Board
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Fowler's & high Fowler's padding
- Pillow: head, neck, upper back
- Pillow under forearms
- Lumbar
- Trochanter roll
- Pad under thighs to flex knees
- Pillow under lower legs
- Foot Board
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Correct Application of Fowler's?
People who have difficulty breathing and for some people with heart problems
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Correct Application of Orthopneic
Client who have problems exhaling because they can press the lower part of their chest against the edge of the over bed table
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Correct Application of Dorsal Recumbent (Supine)
Provide comfort and to facilitate healing following certain surgeries or anesthetics e.g. spinal
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Correct Application of Prone
- Only position that allows full extension of the hip and knee joints. When used periodically it helps prevent flexion contractures of the knees and hips.
- Promotes drainage of the mouth so it is good for unconscious patients as well as those recovering from mouth or throat surgery.
- Significant lordosis is a problem.
- Because neck is rotated to a significant degree, it is not good for clients with cervical or lumbar spine problems.
- Some cardiac and respiratory patients find the position suffocating because it inhibits chest expansion.
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Correct Application of Lateral
Helps relieve pressure on the sacrum and heels of patients who spend much of the day sitting or in Fowler's or dorsal recumbent.
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Correct Application of Sim's
- Promotes drainage of the mouth so it is good for unconscious patients as well as those recovering from mouth or throat surgery.
- Good for paralyzed clients because it reduce pressure over the sacrum and greater trochanter.
- Good for those getting enemas or exam/treatments of the perennial area.
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Dorsal Recumbent padding
- Pillow under head and shoulders for good alignment
- Lumbar
- Trochanter rolls (optional)
- Pad under thighs to flex knees
- Pillow under lower legs
- Foot Board
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Lateral Position Padding
- Pillow: head, neck
- Pillow under upper arm for alignment
- Pillow under forward (top) leg and thigh for alignment
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Prone Padding
- Small pillow under head unless contraindication in favor or mucous drainage from mouth
- Small pillow under abdomen just below diaphragm to minimize lordosis and relieve pressure on women�s breasts or men's genitals
- Feet over edge of mattress or pillow so that toes do not touch bed for foot drop.
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Sim's Padding
- Small pillow under head unless contraindication in favor or mucous drainage from mouth
- Pillow under upper arm to prevent internal rotation
- Pillow under upper leg to support alignment
- Sandbag feet in dorsiflexion
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Lateral Pressure Ulcer Risk Areas
- Pressure Ulcer Risk Areas
- Parietal and Temporal
- Ear
- Acromial Process (shoulder)
- Ilium
- Greater Trochanter
- Medial and Lateral Condyles (knee)
- Malleolus, medial and lateral (ankles)
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Prone Pressure Ulcer Risk Areas
- Pressure Ulcer Risk Areas
- Zygomatic bone (cheek and ear) Occipital
- Acromial Process (shoulder)
- Women's breast
- Men's genitalia
- Patellas (Knees)
- Phalanges (toes)
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Fowler's Pressure Ulcer Risk Areas
- Pressure Ulcer Risk Areas
- Vertebrae
- Sacrum
- Pelvis
- Calcaneus (heels)
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BP prehypertensive
120-139 / 80-89
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BP Hypertension state 1
140-159 / 90-99
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BP Hypertension state 2
>= 150 / >= 100
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Normal temperature range
96.8 - 99.5
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Typical Pulse
80 (60-100)
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Typical Respirations
16 (12-20) Bradypea < 10, Tachapnea > 24
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