Talk:Trendelenburg position

Modified
Is anyone familiar with this, it is in my nursing book.Bronayur (talk) 01:40, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Shock
The article currently reads "The Trendelenburg position used to be the standard first aid position for shock". Is this no longer the case? 86.141.37.165 (talk) 18:27, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

Description
This is confusing. Does the description mean the patient's trunk is horizontal and legs are raised, or does it mean the patient's entire body is essentially straight, but lying on a surface that is tilted at an angle so the feet are higher than the head? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.139.27.56 (talk) 19:03, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Have a read through the references and external links. The Trendelenburg position is generally what you describe second; your first description would be called "passive leg elevation", although some of the sources indicate it may be considered a "modified Trendelenburg position". Perhaps the article could be expanded to make that clearer. Hope that helps. --RexxS (talk) 22:54, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

Modified Trendelenburg position
After reading the cited references, it seems to me that in contrast to the standard Trendelenburg position the modified Trendelenburg position is beneficial and should be used in emergency situations such as hypovolemic shock. Opinions? --Eleassar my talk 19:33, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

Uses: Scuba diving
In the section "Uses", in the part about SCUBA diving injuries, the last sentence reads: "... unless they have fluid in the airway or are breathing,...." So if they are NOT breathing, it's OK? This sentence needs to be corrected by someone who knows what the hell they are talking about. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.241.59.118 (talk) 15:50, 12 January 2012 (UTC)
 * The concept is fairly straightforward:
 * If they have fluid in the airway or they are not breathing, they need to be flat on their back (supine) receiving CPR. Once upon a time somebody thought it would be a good idea to do that with the diver's legs raised (Trendelenburg position). We now know it's not such a good idea after all.
 * If they are breathing, they are better off on their side in the recovery position, because if they vomit, it is much less likely to be inhaled (which can have serious consequences).
 * Please feel free to suggest better wording for the article if you think it may be confusing. Cheers --RexxS (talk) 03:08, 13 January 2012 (UTC)
 * RexxS, you may find page 232 of this article helpful for making this more clear and accurate. (large file so make sure you rt click and "save target as") --Gene Hobbs (talk) 03:44, 13 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Many thanks, Gene. It looks excellent from the abstract, and I'll have a good read when it finishes downloading. I really must investigate the possibility of setting up a European mirror of RRR. Cheers --RexxS (talk) 14:16, 13 January 2012 (UTC)
 * We moved the server off site (away from my house) this past year but then had to limit the band width some. Well, US economy being what it is, we had almost no donations last year and the bandwidth overages were killing me.  If all goes as planned, I'll be breaking up the large files like that one over the course of the year. That will allow for better keywords and smaller files. I think you will like the history in that one... Take care, --Gene Hobbs (talk) 14:24, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

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Respiratory improvement
I noticed that the citation for use in respiratory patients is from 1988, and I'm wondering if this is still in use? I found some more recent sources which discuss decreased functional reserve capacity and increased atelectasis caused by this position. Of course, the newer sources involved differing variables. I don't know much about this topic, but a 31 year old medical source is a bit of a red flag to me. ParamediCate (talk) 20:56, 9 May 2019 (UTC)

laid not lain
"the body is lain" - no, the body is laid. 86.18.52.189 (talk) 21:09, 25 November 2023 (UTC)