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Peds Positioning 2
Peds Postioning/Handling Ch.13
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Positioning: Prone | Facilitates hand strength and neck/trunk extension. |
| Positioning: Prone | Infants bear weight on hands and therefore develop hand arches. |
| Positioning: Prone | Keep neck extension below a 45° angle to prevent head movement from triggering hyperextension through the body. |
| Positioning: Prone | A child w/contractures in hip flexor muscles may require pillows under this body area for comfort. |
| Positioning: Prone (Advantages) | Enables child to practice (I) head control |
| Positioning: Prone (Advantages) | Provides child w/opportunities to stretch hip/knee flexor muscles |
| Positioning: Prone (Advantages) | Leads to higher-level motor skills such as elbow propping, crawling, reaching |
| Positioning: Prone (Disadvantages) | Children who are unable to (I) turn their heads may have trouble breathing |
| Positioning: Prone (Disadvantages) | Children who are unable to lift their heads or prop their bodies on their arms may have difficulty learning to reach, push up, or use vision properly. |
| Positioning: Side Lying | External support required to maintain alignment. |
| Positioning: Side Lying | Good position for children whose muscle tone becomes to high or low in the prone/supine positions. |
| Positioning: Side Lying | Hands remain free to reach for/manipulate objects without having to resist the pull of gravity. |
| Positioning: Side Lying (Advantages) | Best position to minimize excessive muscle tone; neutral position |
| Positioning: Side Lying (Advantages) | Easiest position in which to align, arms, hands, head in midline, with gravity eliminated |
| Positioning: Side Lying (Advantages) | Little use of ATNR |
| Positioning: Side Lying (Advantages) | Good for (I) play/development of eye-hand coordination |
| Positioning: Side Lying (Disadvantages) | Severely affected children are difficult to maintain in this position without the proper equipment |
| Positioning: Side Lying (Disadvantages) | This position requires careful positioning of the head to maintain correct alignment of the cervical spine |
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