Supervised sitting up in bed
Supervised sitting up in bed
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This technique is only suitable for clients with adequate upper limb strength and trunk stability. Ask the client to: 1. Raise their head 2. Raise their upper body so they are resting on their elbows and lower arms 3. Place their hands flat on the bed beside their hips 4. Push themselves up into a sitting position using their arms. There are several types of aid that can help a client to sit up in bed, such as bed blocks, bed levers and overhead poles. Clients who require frequent bed repositioning should be provided with electric beds with profiling operations
1. Ask client to raise head
2. Client places both hands flat on bed and raises upper body using arms
3. Client pushes up from the bed using arms
4. Client holds themselves in an upright position
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