Positioning patients for ERCP

[Gillm]

Hi everyone
Our Enterology staff are experiencing difficulty moving people who are sedated or unable to assist moving from the Swimmer’s position back onto the stretcher or bed, post ERCP.
We would like to know how this is done in other DHBs.
Any useful equipment or techniques that you know of would be extremely helpful.
Many thanks
Mary
Waitemata DHB

• This topic was modified 3 years, 5 months ago by mike.

[Kate Edmond]

Do you need to prone them? If so the hovermatt is wonderful for this. I would recommend getting Fletcher Suckling from Active Health Care to show you how.

[Gillm]

Thanks for your suggestion Kate. We have a proning policy using the Hovermatt for Theatres however this is not always the correct position for the procedure-more the Swimmer’s position ( i.e. one arm above the head the other at the side) The difficulty arises when staff need to transfer the patient back their own bed while sedated.
Cheers
Mary

[Angela Greetham]

My recommendation would be to use the pat slide and 2 slide sheets but I suppose you have already tried this Mary?
Thanks,
Angela

[Gillm]

Thanks Angela
They already use the PAT slide with 2 slide sheets and we are looking at alternative use of two Hovermatts as in Ara Cho’s Auckland presentation at the Roadshow
Cheers Mary

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