Prone Position
Lying face down in horizontal position
Supine Position
Patient lies flat on back with arms at their sides
Knee-Chest Position
Patient kneels so that weight of body is supported by knees + chest
Fowler's Position
Posture assumed by patient when head HOB is raised 45 to 60 degrees
Dorsal Recumbent
Patient lying flat on back with extremities moderately flexed
Semi-Fowler Position
Posture assumed by patient when HOB is raised to 30 degrees
Sim's Position
Position in which patient lies on side with knees and thighs drawn upward towards chest
Orthopneic
Posture assumed when a patient is sitting up in bed at 90 degrees
Lithotomy
Patient lies with hips and knees flexed and thighs abducted
Dorsal
Lying flat on back
Trendelenburg
Position the body is laid flat on the back (supine position) with the feet higher than the head