Storage in Emergency Situations

Adequate positioning is a form of therapy and can only be carried out after a corresponding suspicious diagnosis has been made. Until then, the patient is left in the position he or she takes and usually feels comfortable in.

head low or flat storage in case of volume deficiency shock or vagal syncope of vasopressor type (= relative volume deficiency)

Stable lateral positioning for the unconscious with spontaneous breathing and maintained circulation

Positioning with elevated upper body in an approximately seated position (upper body high, legs deep) in patients with cardiac symptoms and in cardiogenic shock even in severe hypotension

'bearing with increased upper body with V.a. cerebral pressure

'Deep positioning of an extremity in arterial perfusion disorder

elevation of an extremity in case of venous perfusion disorder or after traumatic injury in case of preserved arterial perfusion