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Orginally posted by RT
Anyhow, the problem with these morbidly obese people is that they have even more weight pressing down, and it's very hard to keep the weight from pressing down on the pressure points. The beds that help prevent pressure ulcers are ususally some sort of air system, so the patient is lying on a sophisticated air mattress that presses up in the spots most likely to have pressure ulcers, and the weight isn't pressing down on anything. Of course, the heavier the patient, the more likely that weight is going to overwhelm the pressure of the air.
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Well I guess the question is...do these people get charged more because it takes 4 orderlies to roll their fat ass over instead of 1?
