How A Pool Hoist Can Make Your Work Easier
In the event your work involves looking after patients and providing rehabilitation services then its highly probable that at some time you’ll use a swimming pool as an aid in the rehabilitation process. Water offers natural support to the body and allows patients to work with limbs and muscles with increased ease than they would when out of the water, but often it can be hard to move patients into place which is why lots of people use a pool hoist.
Pool hoists work like a patient sling, facilitating the easy and quick transfer of patients from one place to another. In this instance, they are particularly useful when you are moving patients from changing room areas into the pool area itself, where individual ‘dipper’ hoists can also be used to lower the individual safely and carefully in the water.
Some pool hoists could also be used as a toileting aid because they come with a commode seat. They also have safety arms and an adjustable footrest to increase patient comfort. Even without this commode feature they enable patients who’d not otherwise be able to access a pool to enjoy water-based activities and rehabilitation
Having a dipper pool hoist can supply you with the flexibility and patient handling expertise you’ll need at swimming pools, therapy pools and in many cases quayside locations. This hoist helps you to lower patients into the water in a controlled and secure manner and will easily support weights up to140kg, which is equivalent to twenty-two stone.
You may get real flexibility from a dipper hoist as it comes along with three different floor fixing options, making it acceptable for installing in almost any location. It is also appropriate for other forms of patient sling, including a spreader bar and sling, to deliver an all-round method for water based rehabilitation activities.
If you believe using a pool hoist could help in your work as a carer why not check out the Joerns website where you can browse their products, including the patient sling.