Sue Thompson, RGN, is moving/handling coordinator; Phil Jevon, PGCE, BSc, RN, is resuscitation officer/clinical skills lead; both at Manor Hospital, Walsall, West Midlands. Using a hoist to move a ...

Staff often leave patients who use wheelchairs seated on the hoist slings required to get them there. A British study published late last year finds the right type of sling can reduce pressure and ...

Patients in hospital with reduced mobility may experience difficulty moving in and out of bed. Part 3 of this five-part series explained how to help patients transfer from bed to chair without ...

MIHAIL KOGĂLNICEANU, Romania―U.S. Soldiers, assigned to Bravo Company, 39th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), practiced sling load and medical hoist operations with ...

Jergens is a Cleveland-based company that manufactures hoist rings, which connect slings or chains used by an industrial crane to lift loads. Now, the company is adding RFID tags to the metal rings, ...