Easy Patient Transportation
Challenges
- Pushing and pulling occupied beds is considered a high-risk task for developing MSD‘s because of spinal load (1)
- Maneuverability of the bed in narrow hospital corridors
- Occupied bed needs to be transported by 2 caregivers (2)
Solutions
Features like EasyDrive® and 5th castor make bed manipulation easier and support caregivers during patient transportation.
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(1) Waters TR, Nelson A, Proctor C. Patient handling tasks with high risk for musculoskeletal disorders in critical care. Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am. 2007 Jun;19(2):131-43. doi: 10.1016/j.ccell.2007.02.008. PMID: 17512469.
(2) Waters T, Lloyd JD, Hernandez E, Nelson A. AORN ergonomic tool 7: pushing, pulling, and moving equipment on wheels. AORN J. 2011 Sep;94(3):254-60. doi: 10.1016/j. aorn.2010.09.035. PMID: 21884845.