Call Lights

Erin RN · Nov 19, 2003

There are squeeze type adapters for call lights available. I saw a pt one time that it was placed next to her cheek, she was able to turn her head and press on it...the one with no neck movment , I am at a loss..maybe check with an OT if anything is out there for her..Erin

MikeLPN · Nov 19, 2003

Whistles I've seen used. Also tab alarms rigged up on a hair trigger. These were not MS folks and it didn't work all that well as they weren't hooked up to the call light system so you had to kind of listen for them. Just a suggestion.

Agnus · Nov 19, 2003

There is a call light control called soft touch. We have used it alot in acute care for patients just like yours. I do not know who makes it. But I am sure your supplier will recognize what you are talking about when you as for a soft touch call light control. Also ask the supplier for any other suggestions for your particular situations.

Most hospital equipment suppliers are very good at working with staff and patients to solve these types of problems.

ratchit · Nov 19, 2003

I worked with quads a long time ago. We had pressure sensitive drinking straw call bells- it was attached to their halo brace. (These kids were newly injured and all had halos- not sure how you could attach them elsewhere.) All they had to do was blow into them. There was some kind of sensor base, we could change the straw part out when it got icky.

One kid would set his off by snoring at night. Of course, his room was all the way down the end of the hall- lots of false alarms.