Brocade cushions and other aids
The other day I read another post where the patient/family refused a permanent catheter, but the affected patient was at serious risk of falling.
Why is this so? Why risk a fall where I could break who knows what? I can understand why people are afraid of urosepsis and its consequences if they have a lying catheter. However, the risk of infection is much lower with an abdominal catheter (PDK) than with a conventional permanent catheter.
I also understand that people are not very fond of it and this is not meant as an accusation or something like that.
What surprises me is that people are apparently not informed about alternative transfer and repositioning aids.
For example, the ETAC speeder, with which you can take the victim to the toilet and practice getting up at the same time. Such a part is also available from other companies like Petermann etc.
Or straps and sliding mats with which I can mobilise patients or position them in bed without effort (especially for relatives).
Especially with sliding mats you can of course use the cheap rubbish bag (tearproof) or as an anti-slip mat for moving up (towards the head end) in bed, such an anti-slip mat which you put under a carpet. I know, sustainable is something else but for the transition …
There are also things that can be helpful for activating positions. From wedge pillows for the edge of the bed/chair to a positioning snake that can be used multifunctionally.
On the page of Petermann there are also helpful videos.
And except for the anti-slip mat there is an aid number for everything. Sure, the health insurance company is certainly annoying but it is worth it, because I don’t want to be positioned with the brocade cushions from the couch later on. Ok, we did not but you know what I mean.
With knowledge hunger simply announce