TotalCare sport beds.

[RN1982]

I work in ICU and we sometimes have these Totalsport beds that do rotation therapy and also percussion and vibration for patients who need pulmonary toileting. I'm doing this online education for work and it says when patients are on rotation, we are not suppose to use pillows. My question is, even though the patient is using rotation, isn't the rotation just for the lungs and not for relieving pressure off of the patient's bottom.

[trvlngrn22]

michiganRN, too long ago to remember the specifics of optirest. The skin issues stood out in my memory because we talked so extensively with the rep and then had him do a 180 in regards to pressure ulcers. I believe the optirest was just a comfort mode, and while the bed is essentially an air mattress, I don't think it would do anything for relieving pressure in that mode...