Moving patients

Using a Drawsheet for moving patients.

Earlier, we covered with caregivers a way to relieve their backs when turning a patient in bed by using a drawsheet. Moving patients up in the bed is another maneuver caregivers can achieve by using a drawsheet to practice the lifting and saving your back.

Frequently a mattress and patient will sideslip down in bed to an uncomfortable position. This volition most oft happen in a bed which elevates the top or pillow section.

Cheque the mattress to see if the mattress has slipped down. Lower the head rail to a level position and motion it up on the frame earlier repositioning the patient on the mattress. Yous may demand a helper on the other side of the bed to grab the mattress handles on that side while you do the same on your side. Count to iii and and then slide the mattress upwardly slowly at the same time. Put the railing back upwards when you take finished.

Steps to motion the patient up in bed

  • When moving patients to the head of the bed, lower the railing. Pull the pillow upright to keep the patient'southward head from touching the headboard. Tell the patient to achieve dorsum and grasp the confined at the caput of the bed and curve his knees. You should slide one arm under the patient's shoulders and the other arm under his buttocks on point. Inquire the patient to pull with his arms and push with his heels while you slide him upward. The patient volition use that button to lift his buttocks and place himself nearer the head of the bed.
  • When the patient cannot assist, ask a helper to stand on the reverse side of the bed. Both of yous volition slide your arms under the patient and, in unison, y'all will both shift your weight and slide the patient up slowly.
  • If the patient is unable to lift himself or move without help, then a drawsheet is helpful. Moving patients up on the mattress to the top is much easier using a drawsheet. A drawsheet is an ordinary apartment sail that is positioned under the patient extending from the shoulders to the knees. It extends across the bed nether the patient. The drawsheet method can assist reduce strain on your back.
  • When moving patients ask your helper to stand on the opposite side of the bed. Both of you volition grasp the corners of the drawsheet and slide the sheet and the patient up to the head of the bed slowly. Shine the describe sheet and the other bed linens and put the railing back up on the sides of the bed.

Caregivers can detect a way to do the well-nigh amazing things to aid their loved ones!

See some other helpful instructions at: "Pulling a Patient Up in Bed"