Swaddling

[Amino]

A colleague and I got into an argument after I’ve had to clean up her mess from improper trach care on our patient. Patient is an infant and is a fat fat.

I use an arm only swaddle while performing trach care. PT could easily wiggle out if desired but it helps calm them.

colleague is threatening to turn me in for illegal restraining. What are your thoughts? I plan on asking for a doctors order for it anyways but I’m just curious on others thoughts.

[LibraSunCNM, BSN, MSN, CNM]

1 hour ago, Jory said:

She's not making fun and why do the words matter? Fat isn't a bad word. It is...what it is.

Large? Obese? Michelin baby? She's trying to paint a visual that the baby is one of those babies that is unusually large to the point it probably has very little neck...those babies are hard to perform trach care on.

"Fat fat" sounds like something kids yell at each other on a playground, not a phrase a professional uses to describe a patient they're caring for. You can paint the visual of a large baby by saying "large," "big," "heavy," but "fat fat" is weird and creepy, IMO. Carry on...