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Driving down the highway today I started wondering why truckers never get bed sores on their butt. The answer of course is because they keep shifting position. From there it was a small leap to Superman, aka Christopher Reeves, and his recent death as a result from complications arising from bed sores.
It seems to me with all of our technology it shouldn't be too hard to create a thick, weight-sensing mat that could sense where the most weight was currently being applied against it and gently shift the body to put that weight on other spots every hour or so to keep bed sores from forming. A carseat type mat could also be created along the same lines for use in wheelchairs.
These devices would quickly pay for themselves when used on paralyzed patients. Nursing homes would have lower labor costs because they wouldn't have to manually turn patients as often, and insurance costs would go down as the number of deaths by bed sore decreased (fewer lawsuits).
Speaking of money, rich folks wouldn't be satisfied with a common mat though, so we could create half of a sarcophagus to cradle them and shift them over a greater side-to-side and front-to-back range.
Bed sores
http://www.mills-pe...dmitting/sores.html
Causes and cures [longshot9999, Dec 02 2004]
Christopher Reeve
http://en.wikipedia...i/Christopher_Reeve
The author is mixing him up with Steve Reeves, I do that too. [jutta, Apr 13 2008]
Saving Silverman
http://en.wikipedia...ki/Saving_Silverman
[jaksplat, Apr 14 2008]
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There are hospital beds that tilt automatically every few minutes to prevent DVT and I guess possibly also bed sores. |
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/The answer of course is because they keep shifting position./ |
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Before one can be certain that this is the case, I think the other components of the trucker protocol should be tested. There is much more to being a trucker than simply shifting position. Although that is at the heart of it. |
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//These devices would quickly pay for
themselves when used on paralyzed
patients.// |
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Bed sores cost Medicaid and Medicare a
lot of money. Trying to get them to pay
for equipment to prevent ulcers is often
frustrating. I'm sure it is the same with
private insurance companies. |
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I would like to see a bed-of-nails type
device where the "nails" have wide
heads on which a mattress floats. The
heads could be selectively retracted and
extended to massage bedsore-prone
areas back to good circulation. This
could also be used to help turn the
patient. |
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I was hoping this would be a comedy along the lines of Saving Silverman. Perhaps a remake of Superman 2, wherein the Superfriends kidnap Lois Lane in order to prevent Superman from getting married. [+] anyway. |
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