RFID Detects Workloads of Bumblebee ForagersThe HF RFID technology—consisting of a tag on each bee's back and a reader at a foraging chamber's entrance—helped University of Arizona researchers learn how labor is divided among foragers within a hive.Skip to main content Home > Customer Service > Be prepared > For your hospital stay > Safe patient moving Actively caring for youYour safety during your hospital stay is very important. Your caregivers will help keep you safe by using safe patient moving equipment if you cannot fully move yourself.This equipment will help protect you from falling and from getting bruises and skin injuries that you might get without the equipment.Safe patient moving equipment has other benefits. Patients who have used this equipment report: greater comfort while being moved skin protection security (being protected from falling) better hygiene greater dignitySpecial lifting equipment and/or moving aids can also shorten your rehabilitation and prevent injuries among hospital caregivers.
When equipment may be usedFor most adult patients, safe patient moving equipment may be used when you need help: being moved (such as from a wheelchair to the bed, or from the bed to the toilet) changing positions (such as scooting up or rolling in a bed) during care (such as changing a dressing, or for hygiene)Your health care team will honor your privacy at all times and answer any of your questions. Lifting equipment may not be used during an emergency or if it is not part of your care plan.How lifting and moving equipment will be chosenYour health care team will assess if it is safe for you to move on your own without risk of falling or injury. If you need help from caregivers to move, you will be lifted or moved with this equipment. This is for your own safety.Your caregivers will choose the right equipment to move you safely with the greatest comfort. mon types of lifts you may see include the following (to see examples, click on the pictures below): Full lifts are used for patients who are not able to support their own weight or who are disoriented.
There are two types of full lifts: overhead lift, which is attached to the ceiling of the room mobile lift, which rolls across the floor For both of these lifts, the patient rides in a cloth sling that is securely hooked to the lift. Lateral transfer devices are used for moving patients from a bed to a stretcher or table while lying down. One device uses an air mattress to glide the patient between two surfaces. Sit-to-stand transfer devices are used for patients who have some upper body strength and ability to support their own weight. The equipment allows a patient to move from a chair or toilet to the bed. Powered transport carts and tugs are used to move patients long distances or on carpeted hallways. Health's Patient Education Department, Safe Patient Moving, Health's Patient Education Department expertsAir-Pod Lateral Transfer Mattress System It is one of the safest and most efficient Transfer and Repositioning Devices in the World. “The ATM – Airpod Air Transfer Mattress is one of the safest and most efficient patient lateral transfer and repositioning device in the world, with an in-built adaptive and self-regulating technology that comprises of an array of multitudinal air collection, distribution and expulsion chambers, known as PODS, arranged in a precise geometric distribution pattern, that allows for a safe, secure and efficient transfer of a patient on a cushion of air”.
Contact us for more details It is one of the safest and most efficient Transfer and Repositioning Devices in the world. There is very little manual handling involved With the use of the ATM – Airpod, the Lateral Transfer Weight of a Patient is approximately 10% of the Patient’s Total Actual Weight. The PUSH + PULL Forces involved in the Transfer of a Patient are substantially reduced to approximately 10% of the Patient’s Total Weight. The Only 100% HF Welded Air Lateral Transfer and Repositioning Device in the World HF (High Frequency) Welding is the process by which Electromagnetic Energy (EE) is used to permanently bond thermoplastic materials together. This is different from other processes as the desired result is a hermetic cohesive bond between the polymers. Hermetic = so tightly or perfectly fitting as to exclude the passage of air. What is the ATM – Airpod? The ATM – Airpod is a Nursing Aid in the form of a Air Mattress, that is used for Transferring and Repositioning Patients.
It is one of the safest and most efficient Transfer and Repositioning Devices in the world. How does it work? The ATM – Airpod is a Air Lateral Transfer and Repositioning Device that works in similar fashion to a Hovercraft. Air is blown into the mattress by the means of an external air supply device called the Air Blower. The force of the expulsion of the Air through the perforations located in the base of the Mattress, lifts and raises the mattress off the bed ever so slightly. The effect of the Air Mattress being raised up, allows for reducing the contact between the Air Mattress and the bed and thereby reducing the friction between the two surfaces. The Combination of the Adaptive and Self Regulating Air Flow Technologies provides for automatic patient profiling. The excellent height clearance when inflated combined with the advanced technological features, makes the ATM – Airpod one of the safest, most comfortable and one of the easiest Lateral Transfer and Repositioning Aids to use, in the World.
Advanced Carer and Patient Safety and Security Features incorporating Automatic Built-in Patient Profiling and Size Selection. SWL – Safe Working Load of 500 Kg or 1100 Lbs Completely constructed using HF Welding Compatible for use with X Ray and MRI Imaging Equipment With the use of the ATM – Airpod, the Lateral Transfer Weight of a Patient is approximately 10% of the Patient’s Total Actual Weight. Adaptive Air Flow Technology Self Regulating Air Flow Technology Built-in Internal & External Patient Profiling Safe Secure Transfers: Automatic Size Selection Safe & Comfortable: For Carers and Patients Around 75% of our business is maintaining and servicing specialist medical equipment, ensuring that everything we provide is working as it should, so nothing impedes what the customer has come to rely upon. E-Z WIDER™ BARIATRIC CHAIR-BED Revolutionary function and design dramatically reduces the physical challenges for the patient, nurse, and therapist
Caring for the Bariatric Patient has Never Been Easierallows for greater patient independence Improved nurse efficiency and safety; reduced injury caused by bendingE-Z Wider™ is a bed, chair, and gurney all-in-one The E-Z Wider™ Chair Bed transforms into a chair for easy patient egress with the lowest seat height of any chair bed currently on the market. Powered foot rails automatically assist the patient into an upright posture. This allows for greater patient independence and fewer nurse injuries. IMPROVED NURSE EFFICIENCY AND SAFETY Fully integrated bed widening technology quickly—in one step—easily widens the bed and mattress and also fully retracts to allow the nurse to get closer to the patient. This results in improved nurse efficiency and reduced injury caused from bending FEWER PHYSICAL PATIENT TRANSFERS The E-Z Wider™ Chair Bed reduces the need to physically transfer the patient because it functions as an Acute Care Bed, Bariatric Bed, and chair — all in one product.