15K views · 588 reactions | Eiiii  "lithotomy position" paaa  | African Women Nurses | Facebook

Every manual lift by hand and draw-sheet of a patient adds cumulative ergonomic risk to your #surgical team’s safety, leading to musculoskeletal injuries, back strain, and long-term harm for perioperative staff. Yet every time you pre-position a patient into lithotomy to avoid those risks, you’re introducing anesthesia airway challenges and complications for the patient. The anesthesia airway is the most critical first step in safe surgical care. The “standard of care” this industry has accepted