The Evaluation of remote automatic patting bed among Chronically Ill Patients
The advent of aging society chronically ill patients with long-term on bed easily to suffer bed sores because of poor blood pressure. To prevent pressure sores happen, every two hours the back of patients must be turned and patted. It is a hard work for nursing staff. This project designs a remote turning and patting bed for nursing home and hospitals. It can prevent bedsore problems without turning back by people. Therefore, it can reduce the hard work of nursing staff. By using the technical of image capture, if the sleep location is too far off bed center, a warning signal will let staff know that it is necessary to move the patient to the center of the bed to be more efficient for turning and patting.
2007-12-29 17:43:25 · 4 answers · asked by David 1 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
There's no such machine for turning chronically ill patients.
There's the hoyter lift for weighing the patient or lifting them out of bed. You'll find such machines for burn patients and quadriplegic patients- where frequent positioning is impt. Positioning from side- to side is impt to avoid pneumonia and pressure sores ( bedsores as they are called sometimes).
Another situation where positioning is mandatory is for post-op surgical patients. Again, this encourages deep breathing and coughing exercises and thus prevent pneumonia. Patting them on the back is part of a respiratory therapist regimen to loosen up secretions in patients who are intubated prior to suctioning them.
Pressure sores are due to poor circulation and prolonged positioning in one spot. It's definitely not due to poor blood pressure. It's imperative to turn the patients esp those non-ambulatory patients.(unable to move on their own.) - every two hrs. Pressure points need to be massaged with lotion. Good body mechanics employed by the nursing staff while turning the patients would greatly reduce the risks of any back problems. .
2007-12-29 19:00:35 · answer #1 · answered by rosieC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Besides correcting for grammer, you can not replace the care of the elderly and aging with a machine. The human touch of a nursing staff member may be the only human contact that they recieve. I have worked in a nursing home and know first hand that the people there can feel lonely and abandoned. Turning a patient every 2 hours is the correct thing to do, but I have not heard of "patting" them on the back.
2007-12-29 17:51:16 · answer #2 · answered by eventresq1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure, and after that, I'll pay your light bill.
2007-12-29 17:45:41 · answer #3 · answered by I really hate my job... 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this sounds good to me
2007-12-29 17:47:33 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋