"tripod position" meaning in English

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          "name": "Medical body positions",
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        {
          "ref": "2005, Richard M. Schwartzstein, Michael J. Parker, Respiratory physiology: a clinical approach, page 16",
          "text": "A patient in the tripod position is likely to have a problem with the ventilatory pump or a need for high levels of ventilation.",
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        "A physical stance a person in respiratory distress takes leaning their hands on their thighs with their arms supported on them; leaning or sitting against a wall in a similar fashion"
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        "(medicine) A physical stance a person in respiratory distress takes leaning their hands on their thighs with their arms supported on them; leaning or sitting against a wall in a similar fashion"
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      "related": [
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        },
        {
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      "word": "tripoding"
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    {
      "word": "tripods"
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        "A physical stance a person in respiratory distress takes leaning their hands on their thighs with their arms supported on them; leaning or sitting against a wall in a similar fashion"
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        "(medicine) A physical stance a person in respiratory distress takes leaning their hands on their thighs with their arms supported on them; leaning or sitting against a wall in a similar fashion"
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