Talk:Recovery position
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This really needs some diagrams or photographs! I've added some external links to sites with diagrams as a temporary measure until we can get some here. -- Tjwood 09:23, 5 Jun 2004 (UTC)
- I've tried to do something... Please excuse me moving the photograph, but I think it illustrates the concept of "taking a course" more than "this is how to do".
- Do we want an icon or something to mark important considerations ? (such as : lethal danger for the patient, permanent injury danger, danger for the rescuer, good thing to do, tip, etc... think "recovery position for dummies" :) )
- Thanks for a nice article ! Rama 11:40, 1 Dec 2004 (UTC)
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- Excellent drawing, Rama. - Montréalais 23:27, 16 Dec 2004 (UTC)
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[edit] Left side?
Is it significant that the patient be on their left side (image caption). If not, perhaps remove the emphasis on that word.
- Yes it is. A pregnant woman can be killed if put on her right side, since the child might block the inferior cavea. Rama 14:48, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] When used?
Ok, besides being drunk when is this method used? And how useful is it when choking is not a problem? -GChriss
Any time that a person is unconscious but not needing CPR, pretty much. Regardless of the cause, there is a high risk of airway compromise in the unconscious patient. -unsigned
- Much thanks for the provision of diagrams. I've wondered on this ever since I read a report on a child who drowned from a bleeding nose during unconsciousness due to the people around him being worried about moving him after his injury. It is good to know the safe way to rotate the person. -Fuzzy 13:53, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Instructions?
Should the majority of this article even exist? Wikipedia is not designed to be a how-to....--John24601 15:12, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
- July 12th - on the same note, I propose to remove the "precautions" section (I'll transfer it to wikibooks on first-aid) because it seems all "how-to"; unless their is objection? JamieJones talk 04:52, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Moved how-to
Wikipedia is a not a how-to. Much of the how-to text of this page has been moved to wikibooks (above). Use that for how-to. Better still, join us in the wikipedia first aid project! Wikipedia First Aid Project
- I disagree. When someone is looking up information about first aid, we do not want to create any delays in getting them the "how to" information. Especially for this article on the recovery position, the "how to" is the subject itself. Health and safety should trump semantic ideals of how to organize information. r3 03:32, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
- Errr, I don't agree. This article could provide a useful source on the therapeutic benefit of the recovery position, its history, what it is etc. - but that is not the same as telling people what to do when somebody's unconscious. If that was really hapenning, anybody silly enough to start looking on wikipedia is probably beyond help anyway. That leaves those who just want to know for reference how it is done, which is what wikibooks is for. --John24601 13:33, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
