Anti-decubitus air cushion manufacturer: Is air cushion bed useful for preventing pressure sores? What is the correct use method?

Anti-decubitus air cushion manufacturer: medical air mattress, also known as anti-decubitus mattress, is a mattress used to prevent long-term bedsore. "The use of air mattresses can greatly reduce the occurrence of bedsores." The main cause of bedsores is that the skin on the surface of the body is constantly being oppressed, causing tissue ischemia and hypoxia, and skin tissue necrosis and ulceration. However, the air cushion bed disperses the skin pressure of the long-term bedridden person, reduces the local pressure and prevents cell necrosis. It can also keep the skin dry, reduce sweat impregnation, prevent local skin penetration damage, and prevent bedsores.

Anti-decubitus air cushion manufacturers: problems in management

1. The type of air bed is not selective.

The survey found that there were 25 cases (25.0 per cent) of improper use of the air bed type.

2. Lack of unified monitoring of the purchase and management of air cushions.

According to the author's investigation, when the hospital purchased the air mattress, it was purchased after the application of the clinical department, and the right to use and keep it belongs to the department. There is no unified management and allocation of air mattresses in hospitals, resulting in some air mattress beds that can be idle, while some departments that need to be used urgently cannot be provided in time.

Anti-bedsore air cushion manufacturers: problems of nurses in use

1. The laying method of air cushion bed is incorrect.

The air bed is wrong before and after. The investigation found that the cause of the error was that some nurses were not familiar with the laying method of the air cushion bed and ignored the difference between the front and back when laying. Instead, they paved the side that should be laid below to the top and the side that should be laid above to the bottom.

Use disposable sheets above or below the air cushion. In order to prevent the air mattress from being contaminated, 40 patients who used the mattress placed disposable sheets (plastic or rubber products) on or under the sheets, and 4 of the patients suffered from pressure sores. Or rubber products have strong waterproof performance, which can better protect the air cushion bed from the contamination of secretions or excretions, but its air permeability is poor, which will affect the air jet after use, and greatly reduce the function of keeping the skin dry.

2. Lack of objective measurement standards for regulating air bed pressure.

Survey found that nurses subjective judgment of air bed pressure. There are two ways to adjust the softness and hardness of the air cushion bed clinically: one is based on the patient's subjective feelings; the other is based on the feel and experience of medical staff, which will lead to adverse consequences. If the nurse is worried about insufficient pressure, the output air pressure will be adjusted to a larger, resulting in unnecessary waste of resources; if carelessness and insufficient pressure cause pressure sores, the patient still needs to turn over once 2-4 hours after lying on the pressure sore protection mattress.

3. The inflatable pipe of the air cushion bed is compressed or falls off.

Air beds are mostly made of nylon fabric. The air cushion is smooth and soft, and the cushion surface is wavy. Spread the sheets on top. Because the air inlet of the air cushion bed needs to be exposed when laying the air cushion bed, the bed sheet is not fixed, and it is easy to loosen, displace and slide when lifting the bed head, so the bed sheet is easy to be messy and needs to be tidied up many times a day. In the process of repeated finishing and lifting the head of the bed, it is easy to loosen the inflatable pipe joint or cause the pipe to be compressed and unable to inflate normally. 4. Over-reliance on air bed and neglect of other basic care.

The investigation found that 10 patients neglected other basic nursing measures after using the air cushion bed, resulting in pressure sores, of which 3 cases were pressure sores and 2 cases were pressure sores, which occurred in the bone processes of occipital, heel, scapula and sacrococcygeal. The causes were related to excessive weight loss, edema, hypoproteinemia, patients not turning over in time and the use of other protective devices in the bone process.

5. The use of air bed is not targeted.

Nurses do not strictly grasp the indications of air cushion beds, and use them for some patients who should not use air cushion beds, which not only increases the economic burden of patients, but also leads to a waste of resources.

6. Air bed cleaning, disinfection and maintenance is not in place.

According to the investigation, many departments failed to carry out the cleaning, disinfection and maintenance of air cushion beds. Among them, 40 patients and air cushion beds lacked regular maintenance in use. Clinical departments did not designate special personnel to carry out cleaning, disinfection and regular inspection, maintenance and maintenance. The air cushion beds of 12 departments were placed on the ground of the instrument room (equipment room) when not in use, and the air cushion beds had no special place.

Anti-bedsore air cushion manufacturers: What can we do to solve this problem

1. The hospital shall implement unified monitoring of the configuration and use of air cushion beds.

It is suggested that hospitals should implement unified monitoring of air cushion beds and establish and improve the use management system of air cushion beds from the following aspects:

(1) Use the network center as the air cushion bed, establish a special information management system, establish the air cushion bed, the file, including the purchase time, origin, type, department, etc.

Uniform coding air bed, master the use status, including utilization rate, intact rate, failure rate and other information. In this way, both the management department and the clinical department can understand the dynamics of the air cushion bed hospital through the information system, and according to the actual situation of the clinical department, carry out macro-control on the air cushion bed, and carry out mobile control within the hospital.

2. Master the pressure of air cushion bed

In order to avoid subjective assumptions when adjusting the pressure, a pressure gauge can be used to adjust the air bed pressure. According to the research, it is more appropriate to adjust the pressure of the air cushion bed to 6kp.

3. Effectively prevent the pipeline from falling off under pressure.

Effectively prevent the pipeline from being pressed off. In order to prevent the pipeline from being squeezed and falling, the following measures are recommended:

Improve the traditional use method, add cloth cover on the air cushion bed and lay large sheets to make the air cushion bed not easy to slide off, reduce the air cushion bed, dust, sand and other foreign bodies on the air cushion bed, avoid sweat stains and blood stains, and prolong the air cushion bed. In addition, the air cushion cover is simple to sew, easy to replace and clean, and is worthy of clinical reference and use.

(2) During use, closely observe the working conditions of the air cushion bed, carefully check the connection of the air cushion bed and various pipes, and find problems in time to prevent the pipes from loosening and folding, especially after getting on and off the bed and finishing and replacing the sheets. 4. Strengthen the basic care of patients.

In the use of air bed at the same time, but also to strengthen the basic care of patients.

Turn the patient over regularly.

Ensure nutrition supply.

Do a good job in all kinds of basic care, keep the patient's bed unit clean and tidy, avoid moisture and friction stimulation, and avoid dragging, pulling, pushing and pulling when turning over or using the toilet. For critically ill patients, some protective devices, such as sponge pads, should be properly used in the bony process.

5. Assess the patient's risk of pressure sores when using an air bed.

Anti-decubitus air cushion manufacturer: When using an inflatable mattress, the risk of pressure sores should be assessed. When using inflatable mattresses for patients clinically, the risk of pressure ulcers should be correctly assessed, which cannot be determined by experience or scoring methods. Comprehensive assessment should be based on the actual situation of patients to avoid misjudgment. Objective assessment methods such as Braden score or Norton risk factor score can be used.

Anti-decubitus air cushion manufacturer: fully evaluate the predisposing factors of pressure sore patients; In addition, in order to reduce the differences in the evaluation of patients by different nurses, managers should organize nurses to learn the knowledge of pressure sore evaluation and give clinical guidance to ensure the accuracy and consistency of the evaluation, so as to use air cushions in a targeted manner.

Hebei Eryou Medical Equipment Co., Ltd. is a modern company integrating product development, production and sales. The company's main products include: turn-over nursing bed, anti-bedsore air cushion, nursing home bed, home nursing bed, electric nursing bed, ICU bed, medical bed, manual bed, nursing bed and other medical products. Our company is a key protection unit in Hengshui City, which is highly valued by leaders from all walks of life. The company was founded in 2001. The company was formerly known as Tengda Medical Device Factory in Hengshui Binhu New District. Now its production address is changed to: west of Xihuan Road, Jizhou City, Hengshui City, Hebei Province, and north of Yongxing Road (in the hospital of Jizhou Yintai Enterprise Service Co., Ltd.). So far, it has 20 years of production experience.