Introduction

Following induction of anesthesia appropriate positioning which meet the patient's safety and surgical access should be established and it is the most important anesthesia patient care especially during maintenance of anesthesia. Positioning a patient for a surgical procedure is frequently a compromise between what the anesthetized patient can tolerate, both structurally and physiologically, and what the surgical team requires for access to their anatomic targets. For many operations, the patient can lie on his back (supine). Others require positions that may take an hour or more to be accomplished (for example, neurosurgical operations). We need to understand what position favors access for the surgeon and what positions present dangers for the patient (interference with ventilation, compression of nerves, extreme flexion or extension of joints). In this session you will learn to adopt knowledge, skill and the right attitude to participate in maintaining correct position for required procedures that could not cause physiological and structural damage for the patient and prevent physical injury.