Shouldn't the limb restraint be used in bedridden patients with well-constrained gloves?
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2024-11-18 14:24
Constraining the patient's body is a common clinical measure. This method is mainly for patients with emotional irritability. Using Constrained® restraint gloves can prevent them from extubing, self-injuring and injuring people, thus protecting patients and The safety of the surrounding people. Many people will say whether this is a bad practice and will it hurt the patient's psychology and dignity?
In fact, before using this constraint method, the nursing staff will explain to the patient why such a constraint method is used, and most patients also understand this, knowing that the nursing staff is also to protect them and prevent accidents.
It is also constrained, and patients who may be different will have different psychology. Some patients may not be very restrictive in their psychological constraints. They have just finished surgery and have no feeling of being restrained. The nursing staff restrains themselves to prevent accidents, but they are very grateful to the nursing staff. Other patients may have negative emotions. They feel that they are tied in inhumane. Like prisoners of war, they are humiliated, angry with this behavior, and so tied, they can’t do anything, they don’t have any itching. The solution to the problem itself has brought a lot of inconvenience to himself. Such patient restraint is tied to him, which may make his emotions more anxious and inciting.
Constraining the patient's body does bring some negative conditions, the patient's body maintains a posture for a long time, the patient will have pain and discomfort; the activity is limited; sometimes the arms and hands will be swollen and numb; secondly, they can't carry out daily routines. Self-care activities.
In clinical use, medical personnel need to seek the opinions of patients and their families to help the patient; if there is a better way to restrain the patient's body, priority should be given; after the patient is restrained, continuous observation is required. Always pay attention to the patient's condition. Medical staff should strengthen the humane care for patients, including personalized care, adequate psychological support, mutual understanding, and rationality; give more information about the disease and patient status; and know the physiological and psychological needs of the patient in time.
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