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improve accessibility. This practice, however, can lead to problems —
potentially serious ones — if complications arise and anesthesia
providers have to crawl under the sheet and find the IV. Depending on
the patient's positioning, tucking the arm might also result in pressure
injuries to skin or musculoskeletal structure. As a result, AORN and
other authorities are recommending an end to the practice of tucking
arms beside the table.
One solution: Trumpf's universal arm supports can be clamped onto
the side rails of virtually any table. Once attached, it can be adjusted
quickly and easily into almost any position by releasing 2 ball joints
with a hand wheel. You can then shift it to support arms in prone,
supine and lateral positions, as well as over and under a patient's
