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P09588, Rev. 6 CO # 1848
100: setting 5.
TROUBLESHOOTING/PATIENT COMPLAINTS
: Occasionally a patient may complain
of feeling as if he/she is “sinking into a hole”.
1) Sometimes this occurs when the head of the bed is elevated and the mattress is in either
lateral rotation or alternating pressure. This sensation is a combination of the deflation of the
cylinders during their cycle and the increased weight of the patient on the sacrum and pelvis
when the head of the bed is elevated. This demonstrates the need to minimize elevation of the
head of the bed, or to select alternating pressure mode if HOB elevation is necessary.
2) A patient may complain when he/she is supine or side-lying and are not used to the changing
pressures within the air system. Reassure the patient that this is normal functioning, as the
cylinders alternately inflate and vent. The vented tubes are not fully deflated. Some air is
always maintained in them to prevent bottoming out. After reassurance, patients typically
become acclimated to the changing pressures.