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IDEAS
That Work
Practical pearls from your colleagues
W
hen you're
getting
ready to
transfer a patient from
a stretcher to the OR
table, you can easily
secure his arms by
bringing the edges of
the lifter sheet up and
clamping them togeth-
er over his abdomen
with a hemostat.
Securing his arms at
his sides inside the
sheet gives you an
extra hand while mov-
ing the stretcher along-
side the OR bed, and
keeps the patient's
arms safely out of the
way.
Donna Prater, RN
Mission Trail Baptist
Hospital
San Antonio, Texas
dprater61@yahoo.com
TRANSFER TIP
Keeping Patients' Arms Free From Harm
Donna
Prater,
RN
SECURED SHEET
A hemostat lends a hand during patient transfers.
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