I had one of those for about a week. I just couldn't handle it. It was almost impossible for me to get in and out of. When the motor shuts off, the sand becomes hard as concrete. It is very effective at eliminating pressure, just too difficult for this old quad to manipulate.
Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: > Resent-From: [email protected] > From: greg <[email protected]> > Date: June 21, 2013, 9:48:05 PM EDT > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: [QUAD-L] bed > > My insurance covered the Clinatron bed. At least 80% of it anyway. > I got a pressure sore on my butt again, it's the biggest one I've had. > Staying in my regular bed getting turned every two hours was a big hassle. > Not even really getting turned I had to stay on my right side. So I was > either turned really far, or I was turned just a little bit. It put too much > pressure on my sore if I was on my back or my left side. > The Clinatron bed is full of sand, that blows around inside the mattress. It > used to be a huge bed though now it's the size of a regular hospital bed. It > has one big problem, it is very loud. It's so loud my environmental control > unit barely works. At least I can lay on my back part of the time. I have a > hard time using Dragon also, but I guess it's worth it. > They say you can lay on your back and not get turned at all, but I think it's > better to get turned now and then anyway. But man is it loud. > Greg >
