Help! My husband tripped and fell!
Tarryn Droomer
VP of Corporate Services & Communication | Empowering Talent, Strengthening Organizational Culture, and Driving Strategic Growth in Business Operations, HR, and Communication
Have you ever been in the position where someone you love has fallen to the floor and cannot get up?
Perhaps you've tried to lift someone who has fallen safely back to their feet?
After someone has fallen, lifting them safely could be dangerous to both the person on the ground as well as their rescuer. Fractures are often the results of a fall in the elderly, however, even if there have been no initial injuries a person could be injured due to lifting them incorrectly. In addition, the rescuer could be hurt in the rescue process.
Did you know that due to the repetitive motion required to lift a patient our healthcare workers often sustain stress injuries caused by strain? Mangar Health have developed multiple inflatable patient care tools that enable healthcare workers to lift their patients from the floor without causing any back strain while simultaneously ensuring the patient is able to maintain their dignity.
The chance of an injury is reduced by up to 41% if healthcare workers use alternative lifting means!
Mangar Health's lifting cushions are an essential tool in the fall recovery process. The image below is of the ELK Lifting cushion
The ELK lifting cushion is ideal for emergency service as it is slightly smaller when folded up. One would need to support the patients back as they inflate the cushion. A patient can easily shuffle onto the deflated lifting cushion or be rolled onto it and once the cushion is inflated the person can easily be moved into a standing position.
- The ELK emergency lifting cushion can be used in the tightest of spaces.
- Lifts up to 70 stone (450 kg)
- Portable – weighs just 3.6 kg and folds up for easy carrying
- Applicable for any age
- Simple to use
- Minimizing moving and handling risk – protects carers’ backs
- Suitable for indoor and outdoor use
- Airflo controlled
The Camel Lifting cushion on the other hand is great in a Long Term Care Environment or for home use and it comes with a built-in backrest which means that there is additional support to aid the person in being lifted from the ground.
Again it is easy for the person who has fallen to shuffle or be rolled onto the deflated cushion and it is inflated at the push of a button.
The lifting cushions can be used indoors and outdoors and the ELK can even be used in the bathtub! They are waterproof and durable.
- Lightweight
- Simple to use
- Appropriate for any age
- Portable
- The Camel can lift up to 50 stone / 320kg, it is perfect for bariatric patients
- Packs away into a compact and discreet bag
- For use indoors or out
- Minimizing moving & handling risks
- Enhances independent living
- Battery operated
- Airflo controlled
User friendly and reliable, both the Camel and the Elk lifting cushions are essential to protecting the fallen person's dignity and the rescue teams' backs.
Ref: Mangar Health: https://mangarhealth.com/uk/store/product/safe-patient-lifting/camel-lifting-cushion/#product_details
Ref: Mangar Health: https://mangarhealth.com/uk/store/product/safe-patient-lifting/elk-lifting-cushion/#product_details
Founder & CEO at IndeeLift
4 年We all need help at one time or another. Some of us need help much more regularly. Indeelift helps those folks, their caretakers and the families for as long as necessary!