Product Manual

SAFE GUARDS:
1. DO NOT USE HOT WATER. It could damage the
maress. Use warm water only.
2. DO NOT OVERFILL. The maress should be lled
with a minimum amount of water. The patient’s body
should not be able to depress the top of the maress
enough to touch the boom. Overlling will diminish the
pressure-reducing characteristics so vital to otation
therapy. Overlling can also physically damage the
maress.
3. AVOID PUNCTURE. keep pins and other sharp
instruments away from the maress.
STEPS TO ACHIEVING OPTIMAL COMFORT:
1. Unfold the maress. Place it on the hospital maress
or conventional maress with the Fill Valve visible at the
foot of the bed. (gure 1)
2. Unscrew the Fill Valve cap. Holding the base of the
Fill Valve, insert your nger into the opening and pull the
valve to its raised position. (gure 2)
3. Locate a nearby faucet to obtain warm water
(approximately 98-99°F, 36-37° C). Water temperature
should approximate body temperature. (gure 3)
4. Connect a standard type garden hose to the faucet.
Screw the female end into the male Fill Valve. (gure 4)
5. Maress cannot be lled with person on maress
surface. Gently turn on the warm water. Do not leave the
maress unaended. Start by lling approximately 1 1/2”
of water in maress, fold maress at marked line “Folding
Point.” You will then observe the water level rising up past
the folding point. Hold maress end upright until water
level reaches Filling line. Adding more or less water will
change the pressure relief depending upon the patients
weight and bone structure. Do not place any person over
225 lbs. on this maress. (gure 5)
6. Turn o the water when desired level has been
reached. Do not overll as this will cause excessive stress
to the maress and may cause seam leakage. If you
accidentally overll the maress, drain out the excess
water immediately.
7. Mark date lled.
TRAPPED AIR: Air bubbles can impair the soness of
the maress. To remove this trapped air, slowly draw a
broomstick, or rigid rod across the top of the maress
toward the Fill Valve. Li the boom of the maress
slightly, to let excess air escape through small air valve.
Note, you may have to squeeze boom of air safety
valve. (gure A)
BASIC PRINCIPLE: Fill maress with as lile water as
possible. Aer all the caps are tightly in place,
position patient on maress with their heels at the
end of maress and their head on pillow. If
necessary, safety Check: place your hand (palm up)
under the otation maress beneath patient’s
buocks. There should be approximately 1”-2”
between these two surfaces. Important: Overlling
lessens pressure relief. Maress should contour to
patients body and not appear hard from overlling.
(gure B)
INSURING PATIENT COMFORT: To retain optimal
heat, cover the maress with a blanket and plastic
drawsheet. (gure C)
DRAINING: To drain the maress, place the Fill Valve
in the raised position and open it. Insert the female
end of hose into the Fill Valve. Locate a drain at a
point lower than the maress, then gently press down
on maress to start ow. Aer draining, rinse the
interior of the maress several times with water.
Allow to dry. This product is a single-use product.
(gure D)
CLEANING: You may clean the maress with any
non-petroleum-based antibacterial cleaner. Do not
autoclave. The maress may be gas sterilized.
(gure E)
REPAIR KIT: In the event of a puncture, you can repair
the maress while it is still lled. Remove the patient
from the maress and locate the hole. Dry the area
with a towel and push glue into the hole from the
inclosed Repair Kit. Allow the glue to dry for ten
minutes. For larger cuts, use the glue and patch kit.
(gure F)
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