Operating table
It is a table on which a patient lies during a surgical procedure
Operating table
It is a table on which a patient lies during a surgical procedure
A ripple mattress is a special mattress type of mattress that works by inflating air in the cells and alternating the air to each and every cell in the mattress.
The bed-type medical air cushion is composed with two parts: main frame and air cushion. The air cushion has two separate ballonet. Under the control of the main frame every ballonet can touch a different part of the body every six minutes. the fluctuation ballonet can expedite blood circulating to avoid the appearance of the bedsore on the patients who stay in bed for long. so that to cure the bedsore quickly or prevent the sore all together.
Bedsores properly known as pressure ulcers are caused by many factors such as unrelieved pressure, friction, humidity, temperature and medication.
bedsores are fatal however we can prevent it from happening by using a ripple mattress.
Place the tape measure around the LEFT arm (the arm should be relaxed and hang down the side of the body).
Measure the MUAC while ensuring that the tape neither pinches the arm nor is left loose.
Read the measurement from the window of the tape or from the tape. Record the MUAC to the nearest 0.1 cm or 1mm.
MUAC is measured in adults and children, to the nearest 0.1 cm, using a flexible non stretch tape laid at the midpoint between the acromion and olecranon processes on the shoulder blade and the ulna, respectively, of the arm.
MUAC is a measure of the sum of the muscle and subcutaneous fat in the upper arm.
MUAC, is a measurement that allows health workers to quickly determine if a patient is acutely malnourished. PIH, as well as many other organizations, measures the circumference of a patient’s arm at the midpoint between his or her shoulder and elbow