Etac LeanOnMe Basic Positioning Pillow with Soft-Touch Cover (Long - 80cm x 25cm)
For bedridden patients, even everyday movements like sitting up to eat or bathe can be extremely painful. The Etac LeanOnMe Basic Positioning Pillow with Soft-Touch Cover (Long - 80cm x 25cm) uses a absorbing inner foam that comfortably holds the weight of a patient to safely distribute pressure and combat common issues like ulcers and oedemas. This longer model is especially useful for positioning related to easing respiratory issues.
What's Included?
- 1 x Positioning Cushion
- 1 x Soft-Touch Cover
Key Features and Benefits of the Etac LeanOnMe Positioning Pillow
- Helps prevent skin injuries and sores related to being bedridden
- Pillow and included cover have soft and skin-friendly surfaces that help avoid irritation
- 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 Soft-Touch Pillow Cover
Included with this model of the LeanOnMe Basic is a soft-touch cover that's comfortable enough for long-term use, as well as encouraging healthy air circulation and helping to regulate temperature.
Also Available With a Waterproof Hygiene Cover
This LeanOnMe Roll Positioning Cushion is also available with a hygiene cover, which is waterproof and can be wiped clean with disinfectant. This cover is ideal for patients with bladder or incontinence issues, or for severely immobile patients who don't leave bed to eat or bathe.
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 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
- Soft-touch cover:
- Outside: 75% Lyocell, 25% Modal
- Inside: 100% Polyester with polyurethane membrane
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
