When you are a caregiver taking care of the elderly or the invalid, one of the most difficult and stressing thing is washing their bodies and toileting. And do ...

Safety bed rails Having worked at a hospice, I have come to learn to stop taking things for granted. For example, I never thought that safety bed rails were ...

If you are looking for a good bed exit alarm that will signal you when the patient turns or makes movement as though to wake up from their bed, then the ...

We have already discussed the importance of a mattress extender in preventing zone 7 bed entrapment. Zone 7 bed entrapment happens where there is a gap ...

I did a post on the importance of bed bumpers especially for adult patients who: 1. Might fall in their sleep. 2.Could get entrapment and get injured or ...

Today’s post is something that I write with a lot of remorse and regret. It is about the death of one of my patients who died after suffocating on his home ...

You can never go wrong with the snugstop mattress wedge which is firm and will give you a peaceful night sleep by filling up the space between your bed ...

 SkiL-Care Thru-View Vinyl Bed Rail Pad Another product that would protect you from zone 1 bed entrapment, the SkiL-Care Thru-View Vinyl Bed ...

Lets say that you have a patient who experiences seizures often and when they do happen, you might not be around.  If you get them, the normal metallic rails, ...

Bed Entrapment What is hospital bed entrapment? Bed entrapment is when a patient gets caught by the head, neck or chest between or about the tight ...

Muscular dystrophy is a rare muscle condition mostly observed among boys where their muscles continually weaken until they die from respiratory problems or ...

Named after the German Surgeon Friedrich Trendenberg(1844-1924), the term trendenberg features a lot when talking about hospital beds. The trendenberg position ...