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4. Positioning pads
and warming mattresses
If you're still using the old-fashioned
warm water circulating pads, it may be
time to invest in a new method of patient
warming, as evidence has shown these
devices are linked to pressure injuries.
Newer gel-filled or memory foam pads
may address these concerns, but their
effectiveness has not been fully studied.
Therefore, they should not be your pri-
mary method of patient warming.
A carbon-fiber warming mattress is a
conductive heat mattress
that warms patients from
below, and can be used in
pre-op then easily trans-
ferred to the OR, thanks to
its battery-powered design.
While evidence has shown
promising results so far,
this method of patient
warming is still very new
and has yet to be studied
extensively.
Finally, it's worth men-
tioning that many facilities
have begun heating their
insufflation gases for
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The D-Series Warming Cabinets are the
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device on the market today. These warmers
are equipped with independent, digitally
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The Ethernet/Wi-Fi enabled TS-Series Warming
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used to augment other active warming methods.
Pamela
Bevelhymer,
RN,
BSN
