Hoyer slings

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After using the Hoyer sling do you take it out from under the resident or leave it on?

Specializes in LTC, Med/Surg.
Lean them forward in the chair, slide the pad down the back, tuck it under their butt a little bit (usually by grasping their pants with one hand and pushing the pad with the other), then pull the flaps through their legs.

Hmmm. Plausible, but it could be rough.

Our DON pitches a fit (that's what DON's are there for :D ) when we leave the sling under, because she insists that it increases the risk for skin breakdown. However, no one has seen this actually happen. After comparing the very real risk of skin tears/shearing to the perhaps imaginary risk of increased skin breakdown, I find that leaving the sling under is the best option for everyone.

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Specializes in LTC.
Hmmm. Plausible, but it could be rough.

Our DON pitches a fit (that's what DON's are there for :D ) when we leave the sling under, because she insists that it increases the risk for skin breakdown. However, no one has seen this actually happen. After comparing the very real risk of skin tears/shearing to the perhaps imaginary risk of increased skin breakdown, I find that leaving the sling under is the best option for everyone.

It's super easy after you do it a few times.

I can see how the edge of the pad *could* create a pressure area. But I've never *actually seen* so much as a mark from a hoyer pad. I HAVE seen skin breakdown from the way certain wheelchairs have a bar under the butt and also from those horrible cheap briefs the facility supplies. But if you say anything about the briefs the DON tell you not use to them and just let people soak their clothes and keep changing their clothes all day :uhoh3: Okay, so let's humiliate the incontinent residents while overloading the laundry people AND exposing a wider area of the person's skin to be exposed to urine. Great idea.

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Specializes in 6 yrs LTC, 1 yr MedSurg, Wound Care.
Lean them forward in the chair, slide the pad down the back, tuck it under their butt a little bit (usually by grasping their pants with one hand and pushing the pad with the other), then pull the flaps through their legs.

I guess it is possible, then. :) But unless it becomes an issue, I doubt I'll be doing it! Lol! It is good to know how, thanks for explaining!

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Specializes in 6 yrs LTC, 1 yr MedSurg, Wound Care.
Lean them forward in the chair, slide the pad down the back, tuck it under their butt a little bit (usually by grasping their pants with one hand and pushing the pad with the other), then pull the flaps through their legs.

I guess it is possible, then. :) But unless it becomes an issue, I doubt I'll be doing it! Lol! It is good to know how, thanks for explaining!

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