COMPANY NEWS Ruth Lee Ltd are well-known in
Realistic Training – All Shapes and Sizes
the paramedic community and have supplied general handling and patient handling manikins for many years. We also have a range
Patients come in all shapes and sizes and therefore when completing training, it makes sense to make your scenario as realistic as possible using a variety of sizes and weights – including bariatric.
of bariatric manikins which have
Are ambulance teams prepared
Prepare with effective training
been designed to allow teams to prepare effective extrication methods which put personnel and patients at minimal risk of injury when moving and transporting heavier individuals.
for bariatric casualties? At Ruth Lee Ltd we want to make It’s no secret that obesity amongst
sure that we are supplying teams
the UK population is on the rise
with the best possible training
– but did you know that obesity
equipment. Our bariatric manikins
is one of the biggest strains on
come in 3 sizes, 90kg, 180kg and
Government funding? According
260kg. The lighter manikin, whilst
to the Department of Health, they
not ‘strictly’ a bariatric provides
confirmed that it spends more
the bulk of an obese patient
each year on the treatment of
without excessive weight. Where
obesity related ill-health (a total of
which means that one trainer can
Bariatric Carry Sheet, a standard
easier training set up is required,
£5.1 billion in 2014/15) than the
set up the rescue scenario on
Bariatric Carry Sheet, plus 2 Body
we have also designed a Water-
government does on “the police,
their own with minimal lifting and
Slings. Our Carry Sheet have
fillable Bariatric Suit which allows
handling risk.
been tested to destruction and
fire service and judicial system
you to transform a Duty Manikin
combined”.
into a bariatric. Teams can place
In order to further promote safe
sheets have been designed to
the bariatric in a confined space,
lifting and handling we can
allow a minimum of 6 people to
This is a shocking statistic and
such as a small bathroom, and
provide a range of bariatric carry
assist with lifting and are a useful
one which poses an important
then add the required weight
sheets and a Bariatric Evacuation
addition to your ambulance
question - what additional
using water. It’s a simple process,
Kit which contains a Super
equipment.
are LOLER certified. All of these
demands are being put on ambulance crews when it comes to treating plus-sized casualties? Often, bariatric casualties are prisoners of their own bodies and with this in mind, they will often require assistance when it comes to hospital visits and emergencies. Ambulance crews are therefore seeing an increasing number of bariatric patients and a requirement to help move them safely. AMBULANCE UK - AUGUST
Training for a heavy-weight problem With the prevalence of obesity increasing it’s important that HART and general ambulance crews prepare plans for bariatric casualties. Training with manikins is one of the best ways of preparing for this scenario.
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