I'm almost afraid to ask... Blankets?

[DrParasite]

on my cot I have 3 seat belts. the setup for all year is as follows:

under the top belt goes the pillow (if we have one).

under the middle belt goes the sheet.

under the bottom belt goes the blanket.

during the winter, a second blanket goes at the foot of the cot, and usually another one can be found on the cot locker.

When do patient get a blanket? when it's cold out, when they ask for it, when i'm cold, whe it's raining, when they are cold, is it really that hard to know when a patient should get a blanket?

 

[mycrofft]

We used brand new fuzzy foam backed blankets at one service which were fine until it was breezy, then they blew away or the wind went right through. Old cotton "thermal blankets" (waffle pattern) seemed to work better if doubled up. And no static.

I priced ambulance blankets in a national catalog, then I priced the identical item at K-Mart. We bought some of each, they were identical, but the "medical" ones were 100% more expensive.

 

[Jon]

Usually we use "bath blankets" or whatever else we can get from the hospital.

I've long lived by the rule that if it's cold, common sense says the patient gets a blanket. And if it's cold out, they get more than one. Often, we are taking them from a warm environment into the cold.

 

[abckidsmom]

Usually we use "bath blankets" or whatever else we can get from the hospital.

I've long lived by the rule that if it's cold, common sense says the patient gets a blanket. And if it's cold out, they get more than one. Often, we are taking them from a warm environment into the cold.

And we tell them they can't have their coat. I keep a small stack of blankets and a couple gowns under the head of the stretcher. We never have a pillow, so those double as pillows, and I can get people snuggled down without getting up from my seat.