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Falls Prevention: News & Updates

CHAIR CUSHIONS INCLUDING ALARMED CHAIR CUSHIONS

Pressure Relieving Non-Slip Alarmed Chair Cushion

All our cushions are fabricated with Visco elastic memory foam top and bottom. Why? because we believe that all users should have such sitting surfaces even where there is no risk of pressure soars.

MATTRESSES INCLUDING ALARMED MATTRESSES

January 1, 2025

ALL MATTRESSES ARE FABRICATED WITH A VISCO ELASTIC TOP LAYER. THE ALARMED MATTRESS HAS A SENSOR FABRICATED INSIDE THE MATTRESS CONNECTED TO A CHOICE OF ALARM MONITORS. A FALLS ALARM MONITOR, OR A ANTI DE-CONDITIONING MONITOR

CHILDREN'S PRODUCTS

January 1, 2025

Falls Prevention for children in adult sized beds to prevent the child from slipping through the rails.

Falls Prevention: About Us

Design & fabrication of bespoke Products

Kins Med shares with NHS Hospitals products in the design stage, to produce a product specific to the particular hospital patient type.

Why we do what we do

SUPPORTING RESEARCH

Why does Kins Med Ltd not include Falls Mats as a falls prevention option?

Rather than prevent falls Floor Mats actually increase the risk of falls;

“The bedside floor mat caused elderly patients with impaired and normal gaits to lose balance and, in some cases, stumble while ambulating onto the floor mat. Eight of 10 patients had difficulty exiting the bed because they placed their heels on the beveled edge of the mat closest to the bed, which shifted their center of gravity back as they were attempting to stand. Furthermore, walkers and mobile intravenous stands maneuvered onto the floor mat were unbalanced and unstable, further jeopardizing patient safety.

The bevel-edged, bedside floor mat is a potential hazard for ambulatory patients, especially those with impaired gaits, using walkers and pushing mobile intravenous stands.”

Doig, Alexa & Morse, Janice. (2010). The Hazards of Using Floor Mats as a Fall Protection Device at the Bedside. Journal of patient safety. 6. 68-75.

By the time a patients feet are on the floor there is often an impossibly small time frame in which a member of staff can reach the patient in time to intervene. Furthermore the risk to staff members if they are inclined to try to physically stop the fall is a risk we do not endorse.

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