Prone Position

Prone position • Difficult access to the A/W • Difficult resuscitation • Difficult to add invasive monitoring→ art-line, CVP, TEE • Pressure injury to eyes, nose, iliac crest, knees, toes, breast, genitalia • Brachial plexus injury • ↓ CI, SV, ↓ Venus return → due to pressure on the abdomen →↑vena caval pressure → epidural vein engorgement