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The International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) does not recommend one specific recovery position, but advises on six key principles to be followed: [4] The casualty should be in as near a true lateral position as possible with the head dependent [clarification needed] to allow free drainage of fluid. The position should be stable.
The recovery position refers to one of a series of variations on a lateral recumbent or three-quarters prone position of the body, in which an unconscious but breathing patient can be placed. The use of the recovery position helps to prevent aspiration.
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The casualty is first rolled away from the stretcher, and the stretcher is slid against the back of the casualty. Then the casualty is put on their back and rolled on the other side; the stretcher and the sheet are unfolded. The casualty is wrapped into the sheet, and can be lifted with the handles of the flexible stretcher.
In managing a casualty's airway, a TCCC provider may position the casualty in the recovery position or utilize airway adjuncts such as nasopharyngeal airways, oropharyngeal airways, and supraglottic airways. [25] They may also utilize the jaw thrust and head-tilt/ chin-lift maneuver to open a casualty's airway. [25]
Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC or TC3), formerly known as Self Aid Buddy Care, [1] is a set of guidelines for trauma life support in prehospital combat medicine published by the United States Defense Health Agency. They are designed to reduce preventable deaths while maintaining operational success.
The knee-on-stomach position compresses the chest, making it difficult for the person on the bottom to breathe. Positional asphyxia, also known as postural asphyxia, is a form of asphyxia which occurs when someone's position prevents the person from breathing adequately. People may die from positional asphyxia accidentally, when the mouth and ...
Typically logrolling into a supine position is used for transport of a casualty. Other cases include logrolling on a side, e.g., to facilitate vomiting ., [ 3 ] or from side to side, for medical examination.