The recovery position is the posture an unconscious person is laid in to breathe safely. Put them in the recovery position.
It keeps the airway open and lets anything in the mouth drain out rather than in. The recovery position is on the side with the head tilted back and the top leg bent.
1nounrecovery positionThe posture an unconscious person is laid in to breathe safely.
“They put him in the recovery position and waited.”
recovery position is a posture.
Practised in Emergency & Rescue