Care of bed patients

Care for bedridden patients is a combination of several activities that ensure the full service of patients and the fulfillment of all appointments of a doctor. Many requirements and rules were known and medicine of ancient times. Moreover, earlier, when most diseases were not treated, it was the right care that could bring a person back to life.

Nowadays medicine does not stand still, new discoveries are constantly taking place in its various fields, new drugs are being created, new methods of research and treatment are being invented. But, despite this, a properly organized care for lying patients continues to play a huge role in restoring health. Therefore, the statement that a person came out, and not cured, can be considered quite fair. In hospital conditions, patients must be supervised by medical personnel. Care of bed patients at home is carried out by his close people under the supervision of medical workers.

The success of activities aimed at an early recovery depends not only on skills and knowledge, but also on the attitude towards patients. It is known that physical suffering, supplemented by dependence on others, helpless, causes irritability, depression, discontent in patients. To help them overcome the painful feelings, the caring man should possess increased sensitivity, tact, and skillfully influence psychologically. His restrained attitude will help the patient to maintain patience, to follow the doctor's orders rationally.

General care for bedridden patients includes the following measures: creating the necessary regime and hygienic conditions; Organization of food; Strict observance of all prescriptions of the attending physician; Close monitoring of the condition of the patient. Their volume depends on the patient's condition. So, the doctor can prescribe a strict bed rest, in which you can not even sit, and bed, when you can move, but you can not get up, and half-bed. The room reserved for the patient should be well ventilated, light and moderately warm. Twice a day in it you need to do a wet cleaning. The room should not have excessive noise in the form of loud conversations, music, etc. The bed of a seriously ill patient should be long enough and wide, have a hard mattress and an adhesive oilcloth. It is also necessary for him to prepare a vessel, a urinal. To independently carry a bedside patient (for example, to change the bed), one should bring one hand under his shoulder blades, and the second - under the thighs, and the patient, in turn, should grasp the person carrying the arms around the neck.

The most important is the holding of the morning and evening toilet. After all, the skin of the patient, even when he constantly lies, is contaminated with secretions of sebaceous glands and sweat, dust, microbes, horny scales, secretions of the intestine and urogenital organs. Therefore, the patient should be washed and wiped daily with a cotton swab dipped in clean water. Hand should be washed every time before eating, and feet are enough to wash two or three times a week. After each act of bowel movement and urination, it is necessary to wash the skin of the anus and genitals. If the patient's condition allows, it is advisable to change his position in bed to avoid pressure sores. Naturally, you need to systematically wash your hair and cut your nails. It is important and care for the oral cavity: an ordinary two-time brushing of teeth, and after eating a mouth rinse.

In some diseases, care for bedridden patients may differ from general care. This applies to the procedures, and to the organization of nutrition (in some diseases it must be dietary, while others simply full) and to many other issues.

Has its nuances and care for lying patients of different ages and belonging to different sexes, because children, for example, require the same attitude, the elderly - the other.