"Protective" jacket
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Title:
"Protective" jacket
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We recently had a request to fit some type of protective vest or jacket for
an elderly lady with severe scoliosis. She is ambulatory and has to get up
several times during the night. Her problem is that she is getting a pressure
sore on a high right posterior rib hump during her sleep. Positioning and
efforts to change sleeping habits have not prevented recurrence of the
problem. There has been a recent surgical procedure to close the wound and
actually rasp down the sharpness of the ribs. We have been asked to fabricate
something that can be comfortably worn while sleeping that will protect or
relieve pressure on the sight. I'm thinking a soft vest perhaps with a
sheepskin lining. If anyone on the LISTSERV has experience with this type of
situation suggestions would be appreciated.
Thank you in advance,
Eddie White, CP
Beacon Prosthetics and Orthotics
Raleigh NC 27610
an elderly lady with severe scoliosis. She is ambulatory and has to get up
several times during the night. Her problem is that she is getting a pressure
sore on a high right posterior rib hump during her sleep. Positioning and
efforts to change sleeping habits have not prevented recurrence of the
problem. There has been a recent surgical procedure to close the wound and
actually rasp down the sharpness of the ribs. We have been asked to fabricate
something that can be comfortably worn while sleeping that will protect or
relieve pressure on the sight. I'm thinking a soft vest perhaps with a
sheepskin lining. If anyone on the LISTSERV has experience with this type of
situation suggestions would be appreciated.
Thank you in advance,
Eddie White, CP
Beacon Prosthetics and Orthotics
Raleigh NC 27610
Citation
“"Protective" jacket,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 1, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/215838.
