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Joerns® Advanced Support Surfaces
Dolphin Fluid Immersion Simulation® Systems
© 2014 Joerns Healthcare • 6110109 RevG • 14-2640
Setup
Warning:
For important precautions, see page two.
Caution:
Do not place the control unit on the floor.
Position the power cord to prevent tripping hazards.
Therapy Mattress
• Remove the existing mattress from the bed.
• Unpack the therapy mattress with the hose
connection at the foot end of the bed and the
therapy cells facing up. Secure the therapy mattress
straps to the movable part of the bed frame.
• If the therapy pad is not already on the therapy
mattress, place it on the therapy mattress. Attach to
the therapy mattress using either the straps or zipper
depending on the mattress configuration.
• Hang the control unit on the foot of the bed facing
away from the bed.
• Connect hose set from the therapy mattress to the
control unit securely. When properly installed, the
hose connectors should audibly click into place.
• Turn
Storage Switch
to
Battery On
position. The
Storage
Switch
is located on the underside of the
unit.
• Plug in the control unit and the yellow
Standby
light
will illuminate. Press the
Power
button. The control
unit will start and the green light will illuminate.
Keep the control unit ON while the patient is on the
therapy mattress.
• The control unit must be set to the
Bed
setting
using the
Mode
button when connected to a therapy
mattress. Use the
Chair/Stretcher
mode when the
control unit is connected to a specialty surface.
•
Inflate the therapy mattress using the
Autofirm
button. The therapy mattress is fully inflated when
the immersion profile is indicated in green.
• Place the patient on the therapy mattress and allow
system to optimize.
Note:
If patient is over 250 lbs.
(113.6 Kg), moving the
Comfort Adjust
indicator to
one LED above the
Auto Feedback
LED may improve comfort. If patient is less than 100
lbs. (45.4 Kg), moving the
Comfort Adjust
indicator
to one LED below
Auto Feedback
may improve
comfort.
• When the Dolphin FIS System is working properly,
no hand check is normally recommended. If needed,
a traditional hand check may be preformed as
outlined below:
1. Begin by placing the back section of the bed in
the appropriate position based on the patient’s
clinical condition.
2.
Select the highest or most firm
Comfort Adjust
setting.
3.
Hand Check: Place a hand with three (3) fingers
(if head of bed at 30° or higher) or four (4)
fingers (if head of bed lower than 30°) stacked
vertically beneath the cells of the mattress and
above the safety mattress directly between the
lowest point of the patient’s sacral area/buttocks.
The smallest finger should be resting on the
safety mattress.
4. Sequentially reduce the
Comfort Adjust
setting
to the firmness level where the height of the
three (3) or four (4) fingers can slide with
minimal resistance between the patient’s sacral
area/buttocks and the lower safety mattress.
This is the proper
Comfort Adjust
setting for the
patient to assure proper inflation of the air cells
and prevent bottoming out of the mattress.
5. Document the patient’s
Comfort Adjust
setting
for future reference, and re-evaluate with the
hand check as the patient’s condition warrants.
Wheelchair Cushion
• Remove any existing cushion from the wheelchair.
• Unpack the wheelchair cushion with the hose
connection at the back of the wheelchair and the
therapy cells facing up. Secure the wheelchair
cushion straps to the seat section of the wheelchair
frame.
• If the therapy pad is not already on the wheelchair
cushion, place it on the wheelchair cushion. Attach
the zipper around the perimeter of the wheelchair
cushion.
• Secure the control unit to the back of the wheelchair.
• Connect hose set from the wheelchair cushion to the
control unit securely. When properly installed, the
hose connectors should click into place.
• Turn
Storage Switch
to
Battery On
position. The
Storage
Switch
is located on the underside of the
unit.
• Press the
Power
button. The control unit will start
and the green light will illuminate. Keep the control
unit ON while the patient is on the wheelchair
cushion.
Note:
The control unit battery must be
periodically recharged. Follow instructions under
Battery Indicators on page 8.
• The control unit must be set to the
Chair/Stretcher
setting using the
Mode
button when connected to
a wheelchair cushion. Use the
Bed
mode when the
control unit is connected to a therapy mattress.
•
The wheelchair cushion is inflated and ready for use
when the immersion profile is indicated in green.
• Place the patient on the wheelchair cushion and
allow system to optimize.
