Equipment Specifications
Designed specifically to reduce the risks associated with patient handling, the AIRPAL is used to transfer patients from bed to stretcher to other areas of the hospital. It dramatically reduces back injuries while increasing the efficiency of your staff because less people are required to reposition patients; while greatly improving patient comfort. It is radio lucent and artifact free. Patients may remain on the
Patient Positioning Pad for all ancillary procedures, including radiology, CT scan, radiation therapy, heart catheterization, physical therapy, labor and delivery, OR and ED.
The Benefits
- Patient
- Increases patient comfort
- Patient can remain on AIRPAL
at all times, even during
procedures, eliminating
patient log rolls
- Not aggravating to the
patient's condition
- Eliminates patient skin transfer
aggravations
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- Staff
- Proven dramatic reduction of
muscular skeletal disorders
- Easy and quick to use
- Increases morale
- Easy to clean or launder
- Increases staff efficiency
- Reduces department interruption
since less staff is required
to transfer
- Facility Justification
- Prevents injury to patient
- Reduction in workers
compensation costs by
preventing injury to staff
- Use of an AIRPAL converts any
stretcher into a complete
patient transfer system
- Reduces number of personnel
required for transfer
- Provides valuable tool during
short staff periods
- Staff with previous injuries are
able to return to active status
sooner due to the benefits of
reduction of lifting
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