Caremed Healthcare Group

Again, thank you for the CH5 chair, we use it almost daily on ITU at this time. We are using the chair with a whole variety of patients, from those who require too much support from the bed but are able to stand from a chair, to those who have a tracheostomy and are ventilated. We find this chair is so simple to use, nursing staff are more open to using it as they use a pat slide much more regularly than a hoist and therefore patients aren't only sitting out when therapy are involved.

With our ventilated tracheostomy patients, we are finding that they are getting up and out of bed sooner and therefore weaning form the ventilator quicker and in turn getting up and on their feet quicker than before. This then of course supports hospital flow as patients are being discharged to the ward at a much better physical level and therefore returning home rather than a community setting.

After using this for a few months now, we wouldn't hesitate to recommend this chair to any other team/ unit as it really has helped us, especially with our complex patients. It's easy to use, nursing staff are much more keen to get the patients out of bed pat sliding, and we are able to rehab effectively from the chair.

Thank you again.

Physio

Critical Care, Liverpool