Posey Bed 8060 - Manual (Page 27)

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Use in a Home Care
Setting
Dr.’s Orders
Entrapment Risk
Care Plan
• Only for the amount of time prescribed for use by a licensed medical doctor (Rx Only).
• Only if each caregiver has reviewed and understands all instructions and warnings for safe use.
• Only if persons are fully trained on the use of the Posey Bed 8060 and are present in the
house to monitor and attend to the patient’s needs whenever the patient is in the bed.
• You must carefully follow the doctor’s orders and the patient’s care plan (if any) for use of the
Posey Bed 8060. This includes all orders for monitoring and patient release.
If your patient was using a Posey Bed during hospitalization or while in a nursing home, you should
ask the facility for a copy of the Care Plan to help guide you in the safe use of the Posey Bed 8060.
Check with the doctor to see if the Care Plan is necessary to help meet the special needs of your
patient.
Entrapment risks for certain at-risk patients include canopy gaps. Raising the head of the Posey Bed
8060 will create “gaps” or “pockets” between the head of the bed and the canopy. These areas can
cause an extreme risk of serious injury or death from entrapment to certain at-risk patients. At-risk
patients are:
• Patients who, because of mental or physical disability, cannot reposition or remove him or
herself from a confined area in the bed.
• Any patient identified by the doctor, the Care Plan, or Interdisciplinary Healthcare Team (IDHT)
to be at risk of entrapment in the gaps created when the head of the bed is up.
For at-risk patients, ALWAYS use Posey Filler Cushions (Catalog 8021, page 34) or Posey Torso
Cushions (Catalog 8025, page 34). Refer to pages 7, 11 and 12 for detailed information about
reducing entrapment risks, the use of Posey Filler Cushions and Posey Torso Cushions, and
providing extra monitoring to ensure that the Posey Filler Cushions cannot be removed by an
at-risk patient and that an at-risk patient cannot crawl under or around the Posey Filler Cushions.
Special Consideration for Home Care Environments
All caregivers must be properly trained and familiar with the content of the manual before caring
for the patient in a Posey Bed. Pay particular attention to all warnings and cautions in the manual
to avoid injury or death.
Filler Cushions
Torso
Cushion
Entrapment