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Stryker Sheets

Owens, Patricia trauma-list@trauma.org
Sat, 2 Feb 2002 02:58:04 -0500 

Excellent idea - the easier the lift, the better for the patient.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Craig Pierre [SMTP:cpierre@nbnet.nb.ca]
> Sent:	Thursday, January 31, 2002 9:18 PM
> To:	trauma-list@trauma.org
> Subject:	Stryker Sheets
> 
> In our local area the hospital mandated the use of stryker sheets for
> transfer of the patients.  What this is...a plastic coated sheet that has
> a
> bunch of handles on the outside of the sheet and they attach to a lift
> that
> is used to move the patient from stretcher to stretcher.  What is done is
> that if there is a patient with say a broken hip you put this sheet on
> your
> ambulance stretcher prior to loading the patient.  Then subsequent
> transfers
> at the hospital are made easier.  What I am wondering is if any
> services/institutions are using a similar method or just immobilizing the
> limbs and using the flannels or sheets to transfer patients from stretcher
> to stretcher.  Can you let me know so I can report on the current trends
> and
> practices.
> 
> 
> Craig Pierre P3,FP
> Manager, Ambulance Services
> South East Healthcare Corporation
> Moncton NB
> 
> 
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