Manual vs electric lifts

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Does anyone have a resource that differentiates the pros and cons of each? I'm trying to rid my building of the hand crank type and would like something to support my argument that the battery operated ez stands and hoyers are better for patient AND staff.

Thanks!!

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Specializes in LTC,Hospice/palliative care,acute care.

Other than cost I don't know of any studies regarding this.We have battery operated homers and our biggest problem I staff forgetting to charge the battery pack.

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Specializes in LTC,Hospice/palliative care,acute care.

Homers? HOYERS

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My issue is the amount of effort to operate the hand crank lifts- when my aids are hopping from room to room and sweating like pigs from all the lifts, watching them makes me fear for a thrown out back or shoulder, especially with obese patients.

And for the patient- they are being jerked back and forth while staff is trying to crank the lift. On the ez stands sometimes it takes so long to crank it up, move them, and then back down that the patient is becoming more and more uncomfortable during the process.

My biggest argument is with hispice, they don't want to provide the electric ones, even though I know they can. I want to be prepared with good reason when I put my foot down.

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I am one of the biggest holdouts of manual lifts. I like that we don't have to charge them and I find they don't break as much. However in terms of patient safety and comfort, electric lifts win. I feel that every facility should have one manual lift just in case. Also, for every 15 lift patients you should have one lift. I work at one place that has more than 30 lift patients in tbe floor. There are 3 lifts and it is wonderful!

As far as standing lifts? Electric all the way! And if you have any patient above 300lbs you should have one truly bariatric lift. The other ones may be rated for that much, but IMO the bariatric is far safer.

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Specializes in Rehab, pediatrics.

I think it's good to have both. There are times when the battery operated hoyers aren't charged. Also for pts going home where there will be a hoyer, the manual is a good teaching tool since most insurances only provide the family with a manual hoyer.

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The nice thing for us is that every patient has their own lift (assisted living community). It stays right in their room. Hospice provides them, or they are rented through a 3rd party. We do have two that belong to the facility as well.

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Specializes in OR/PACU/med surg/LTC.

We have electric lifts in each room that has a bar on the ceiling. It's great since you don't gave to wait for someone else to finish using the lift and it saves space trying to maneuver it around the room. We also have a few portable electric ones if someone falls outside of their room.

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