Etac LeanOnMe Basic Positioning Pillow with Hygienic Cover (Long - 80cm x 25cm)
Help reposition, prop up and adjust bedridden patients safely and gently with Etac LeanOnMe Basic Positioning Pillow with Hygienic Cover (Long - 80cm x 25cm). With a filling made of a soothing foam that supports the weight of patient, it evenly distributes harmful pressure, helping avoid painful health problems like contractures, sores, ulcers and more. This long model is especially suited towards comfortably holding patients in positions that encourage easier breathing.
What's Included?
- 1 x Positioning Cushion
- 1 x Hygienic Cover
Key Features and Benefits of the Etac LeanOnMe Positioning Pillow
- Helps prevent skin injuries and sores related to being bedridden
- Soft and skin-friendly surfaces that helps avoid irritation
- Hygienic cover is waterproof and acts as barrier against dust, bed bugs and bacteria
- Helps carers move and look after patients with greater ease
- Filling moulds to resting body part and holds it in a comfortable position
- Made from sustainable and natural organic materials
- Can help facilitate easier breathing positions
What Conditions Can the Etac LeanOnMe Positioning Pillow Help With?
It's really important to keep repositioning patients who have severely reduced mobility, or are bedridden. This can help reduce and relief a number of different issues including but not limited to:
- Pressure ulcers
- Skin irritation
- Hygiene maintenance
- Contractures
- Oedema
- Anxiety
- Pain relief
- Pneumonia
- Respiratory issues
- Spasticity
Helps Prevent Pressure Injuries
It's important to keep moving patients with no or severely limited mobility in order to reduce the chances of pressure injuries like sores and ulcers. Using a LeanOnMe Pillow helps reposition a patient away from a pressure-forming area as painlessly as possible.
Moulding and Supportive Filling
Etac LeanOnMe Cushions are filled with a granulated foam that's specially designed to allow limbs to comfortably sink and then be held in the desired position. It also has elastic properties that allow the pillow to repeatedly bear weight, absorb and redistribute pressure.
How Do Carers Use the Positioning Cushion?
The versatile design of LeanOnMe Positioning Pillows make them easy to utilise in ways that will help each individual patient, depending on their own needs. For example, below is a demonstration video of an occupational therapist using one to treat shortened muscles in a patient who has suffered a traumatic brain injury.
Facilitate Easier Breathing
For bedridden patients with respiratory issues, it can be difficult to hold themselves in positions that encourage easier breathing. Etac LeanOnMe Positioning Cushions can be used to secure patients comfortably in supine poses that maintain healthy airflow. This Long model is especially good for AVT positioning, as seen below, however this requires two pillows.
A Positioning: opens the upper parts of the lungs and
relieves part of the back
V Positioning: opens the lower parts of the lungs and
relieves part of the back
T Positioning: gives a general opening of the lungs
Includes a Waterproof Pillow Cover
Included with this model of the LeanOnMe Basic is a protective and breathable cover with a polyester outside and a polyurethane membrane. It's waterproof and easy to wipe clean with a disinfectant solution, making it really ideal for patients wit incontinence issues. The inside of the cover also features quilted fabric for comfort.
Prefer a Softer Pillow Cover?
While the pillow cover that is supplied with this cushion priorities hygiene and easy cleaning, the same model cushion is also available with a soft touch cover.
Can Also Help Relax Patients and Reduce Anxiety
Enclosing a patient in positioning cushions can gently stimulate their sense of touch to help with agitation and reduce anxiety and anger.
Is the Etac Patient Positioning Cushion Available in Other Sizes?
Yes along with this Long 80cm x 25cm model, the LeanOnMe Basic is available in the following sizes:
Materials
- Inner cushion: 50% cotton, 50% polyester
- Filling: Granulated residual polyurethane foam, EPP (Expanded Polypropylene) beans
- Hygienic cover:
- Outside: Polyester with polyurethane membrane
- Inside: 75% Lyocell, 25% Modal
Care Instructions
- Can be machine washed at a max. temperature of 80ºC
- Can be tumble dried on low temperature - max. temperature of 60ºC.
- Do not use solvents or bleach
- Do not iron
- Remove inner cushion before washing
