This document provides information on various patient positioning techniques. It defines positioning as placing a person in a way to perform therapeutic interventions to promote health. The purposes of positioning include providing comfort, relieving pressure, improving circulation, preventing deformities, and allowing for medical investigations and interventions. The document describes different positions like supine, prone, lateral, Fowler's position and others. It provides guidance on assessing patients, selecting appropriate equipment, performing positioning procedures, and monitoring patients when changing positions.