PLEASE give me a cooling vest, I burn up every night under all this garb. https://nursingnotes.co.uk/news/research/cooling-vests-could-alleviate-heat-strain-caused-by-PPE/ 3 Likes
Davey Do Specializes in around 25 years psych, 10 years medical. Has 42 years experience. Jan 26 Groovy, TMIML! Belinda, my medical nurse wife, says she sweats like a stoker under the PPE and that is such a cool (no pun intended) idea! However, the link isn't working. "Fix it, Daddy!" -Zuzu and The Petals 0 Likes
TheMoonisMyLantern, ADN, LPN, RN Specializes in Mental health, substance abuse, geriatrics, PCU. Has 14 years experience. Jan 27 Link fixed! It is very hot under all that PPE and staying in it for 8-12 hours working the Covid unit is just miserable. 0 Likes
Rose_Queen, BSN, MSN, RN Specializes in OR, education. Has 16 years experience. Jan 27 We have cooling vests as an option for surgical staff who are scrubbed in. I can definitely see the benefit for those who spend hours in PPE. Me? I’d probably still be cold under all that gear. 0 Likes
TheMoonisMyLantern, ADN, LPN, RN Specializes in Mental health, substance abuse, geriatrics, PCU. Has 14 years experience. Jan 27 Wow Rose it's amazing you guys have those, I really hope they become more readily available and used. Even without PPE I tend to burn up and I would be fine with sporting a cooling vest 😁 0 Likes
Rose_Queen, BSN, MSN, RN Specializes in OR, education. Has 16 years experience. Jan 27 6 minutes ago, TheMoonisMyLantern said: Wow Rose it's amazing you guys have those, I really hope they become more readily available and used. Even without PPE I tend to burn up and I would be fine with sporting a cooling vest 😁 It’s literally two pockets (front and back), Velcro straps, and 4 ice packs 🤣. Manufactured to standards of course, not kludged together by random staff members getting creative. 1 Likes
Kitiger, RN Specializes in Private Duty Pediatrics. Has 42 years experience. Jan 27 My husband works in a hot environment, and has used a cooling vest for several years. It is a vest with 11 pockets, 6 in front and 5 in back. Each pocket takes a small gel pack, I guess about 2" x 4", that we freeze overnight. He does not use the 2 pockets over his nipples! KOOL MAX by Polar Products, Inc 1-800-763-8423 1 Likes
