Medical Terminology / Unit 4 MedTerm 0229 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Fowler Position
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The idea
Fowler position describes a body lying on the back with the head of the bed raised between forty-five and sixty degrees.
In practice
A record noting semi-Fowler describes a lower angle, roughly thirty degrees.
Where people slip
Fowler is an eponym, named for a physician, so the term carries no decodable meaning.
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