OPERATING ROOM Rehabbing at home


After returning home from critical care in the hospital or another setting, patients must maintain movement and continue rehabilitation in their daily activities. This better ensures they will recover well and avoid harmful situations.


The Society of Critical Care Medicine last February reported that, “Home health rehabilitation can help seniors get stronger and resume activities after an ICU stay, yet one in three Medicare patients don’t receive this care, according to a fi rst-of- its-kind study presented at the ociety of Critical Care Medicine’s 49th Critical Care Congress.”5


Such care can be vital to preventing


patient infections or other serious com- plications.


The society continued, “People who


spend time in the IC are at risk for post- intensive care syndrome (PIC) or prob- lems that remain after critical illness. One of those problems is IC-acquired muscle weakness, and people who were admitted for sepsis (a severe infection) or spent a week or longer in the IC are at increased risk. ehabilitation is an important part of post-discharge care, which improves the chance of recovery. There are no estab- lished guidelines for the number of visits


these patients should receive. Most of the patients in the study were homebound, meaning they could not leave the house without signifi cant effort.5 Other fi ndings from the society include


• “One in three Medicare patients referred for home health rehabilitation after the ICU don’t receive any services, and those who do get very few visits.


 It can take up to six months for many of these patients to recover function after an ICU stay if they recover at all.


• Those who lived alone or in rural areas were least likely to receive home reha- bilitation.


• All patients who spend time in the ICU should be screened for rehabilitation needs, as many will be at risk for post- intensive care syndrome.”


Expanding transfer devices So, what does the future hold for patient positioning ateral transfer is one pos- sible area, as evidenced with Arjo’s last December announcement of its acquisi- tion of irPal, a privately owned -based company specialiing in ir-ssisted at- eral Patient Transfer solutions.” 6 uch equipment can be critical to pre- venting staff injuries and adverse patient care outcomes.


The company continued, “Healthcare


has the highest proportion of work-related injuries of all professional groups (of nonfatal accidents). Fifty to 60 percent of all global healthcare professionals are affected by muscular skeletal disorders. Lateral transfers and repositioning are the most commonly cited patient handling tasks reported in healthcare, and when performed manually, jeopardizes both staff and patient health. sing an air- assisted system, such as AirPal, provides a more effective solution to mitigate the physical efforts and inury risks associated with performing lateral transfers, in addi- tion enabling reduced caregiver injuries and healthcare costs. AirPal’s technology releases low-pressure air through perfo- rated chambers in its TransferPad, which is placed under the patient in the same manner as a bed sheet.”6 This market, proected by ro, will continue to grow nationally and beyond. Today, the  market sie for air


assisted lateral transfers is estimated at approximately 160 M D, with an esti- mated annual growth of fi ve percent. The initial focus is on the  market, followed by UK and Australia.” HPN


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