What is it?
Manufactured in quilted structured (heavy duty) polyester, the Silva-Supreme Leg Support Sling facilitates additional support crucial for patient hygiene, wound treatment or to provide a transfer during surgical procedures.
The Silva-Supreme leg support sling will support and aid lifting gently reducing patient/carer handling which could cause end user discomfort, specifically for those users with poor skin integrity of diabetic ulceration.
Designed specifically for bariatric handling. This support can also be used during transfer or indeed provide a lift during surgical procedures.
Hoist Compatibility
An appropriate hoist with the relevant SWL must be used for bariatric transfers, including the use of dual cassettes and overhead tracking.
Lift type-guide
Lift Type: KEY
Active – end user is active and can participate in transfer
Passive Lift – end user can maintain passivity or has limited mobility
Extensive – end user has limited body control and/or suffers from extreme extensions.
Mobility FIM
Functional Independence Measure
The Functional Independence Measure (FIM) scale assesses physical and cognitive disability. This scale focuses on the burden of care – that is, the level of disability indicating the burden of caring for them.
Mobility
- Transfers: bed / chair / wheelchair
- Transfers: toilet
- Transfers: bathtub / shower
- Transfers: car
- Locomotion: walking / wheelchair
- Locomotion: stairs
Sling Shape
Approximate visual representation of sling design.