Margritta Reid shows Gisela Kitchingman the different sizes and kinds of “Sliding Sheets”. Margitta explaines the importance of storing them properly, by hanging or folding them into a drawer or simply by tucking them under the mattress.
Sliding Sheet: Different kinds
Here is where one could order Sliding Sheets,
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Sliding Sheet: For turning patient on the side
Margritta shows Gisi how to place the sliding sheet, how to turn the patient onto her side, and how to remove the
sliding sheet.
Turning patient on the side
Getting patient up in bed with tubular Sliding Sheets
Sliding Sheet: For getting patient up in bed (1)
Margritta shows Gisi how to use the sliding sheet to get a patient up in bed. She explains the scissoring method of getting it under the patient for a smooth placement of the sheet. They use different sliding sheets. This may be done with one or two nurses.
Getting patient up in bed with the double
body-length Sliding Sheets
Gisi and Annemarie demonstrate how to get a patient up in bed by using the double body-length sliding sheets. They demonstrate how the sliding sheets are prepared, placed under the patient with the unraveling method, and getting the patient up in bed.
Sliding Sheet: For getting patient up in bed (2)
Double body-length Sliding Sheets to assist a patient on the floor
Margritta shows Gisi how to use the doble body-length sliding sheets to move a patient on the floor. This can be used for getting a patient out of a tight corner, or for assisting a patient on to a stretcher.
Sliding Sheet: For patient on the floor
Using a single body-length Sliding Sheet to lift patient’s legs onto the bed
Margritta shows Gisi how to assist a patient in getting into bed by lifting and turning patient’s legs onto the bed. It is importnat to place the sliding sheet properly to avoid patient slipping on to the floor.
Sliding Sheet: For lifting legs onto the bed
