This document lists and describes various comfort devices used in patient care including pillows, back rests, bed cradles, cardiac tables, mattresses, trapeze bars, foot boards, trochanter rolls, sand bags, side rails, abductor pillows, knee rests, bed blocks, air cushions, rubber and cotton rings, and hand rolls. It provides the purposes of each device, which are to provide support, comfort, relieve pressure and pain, and assist patients in mobility and positioning.

1. Presented by:-
Kshirabdhi Tanaya
Tutor,SUM Nursing college
SOA ,DTU,Bhubaneswar

3. LIST OF COMFORT DEVICES:-
1. Pillows
2. Back rest
3. Bed cradle
4. Cardiac table
5. Mattresses
6. Trapeze bar
7. Foot board
8. Trochanter rolls
9. Sand bags

4. Contd……..
10. Side rails
11. Abductor pillow
12. Knee rest
13. Bed blocks
14. Air cushion
15. Rubber & cotton rings
16. Hand rolls

5. PILLOWS
PURPOSES:-
•Used for support to maintain correct
body alignment
•Used under head, arms, legs and along
spine or abdomen to provide comfort

7. BACK REST
•Supports patient’s back at an angle, so
that he may maintain a sitting position
•Can be adjusted to desired angle
•Extra pillows are needed
•Arms of patient are well supported
•Used for pts suffering with cardiac and
pulmonary distress

8. PURPOSES
•To relive dyspnea
•To promote drainage from abdominal
cavity
•To provide a comfortable change of
position

10. BED CRADLE
•It is a frame used to hold the bed linen from
touching the patient.
•Cradle is a semi circular/ rectangular frame of
metal
•May be made up of wood or bamboo
Purposes:-
•To prevent pressure from the weight of linen
•To allow air to circulate around lower limbs

12. CARDIAC TABLE
•Cardiac table placed in front with a pillow on it,
patient can lean forward and take rest
•Table without pillow is used for writing and meals
•Used for patient with cardiac conditions and asthma
•Position should be changed to relive fatigue
PURPOSES:-
•Patient can rest over the table with the help of
pillow
•Helps to take meals and in writing

14. MATTRESSES
Mainly two types
1. Air mattress
2. Water mattress
PURPOSES:-
•To provide comfort
•Used for very thin and very obese patient
and those who are prone to pressure sores

16. TRAPEZE BAR
•Bar is suspended from an overhead
frame to head of bed
PURPOSES:-
•Patient can grasp the bar to raise the
trunk off the bed surface or to move up
in bed.

18. FOOTBOARD
•Device that is placed towards the foot of
patient on bed to serve as support for his
feet
•Usually made up of wood/ plastic/ heavy
canvas
PURPOSES:-
•To support patients feet
•To prevent foot drop

21. TROCHANTER ROLLS
•A cotton bath blanket/ sheet is folded
lengthwise to width extending from greater
trochanter of femur to lower border to
popliteal space
•PURPOSES:-
•Prevents external rotation of legs when
patient is in supine position

23. SANDBAGS
•They are sand filled plastic bags that can be
shaped to body contours(procedure which
alters the shape of body by eliminating excess
skin and fat cells.)
•Can be used in place of or in addition to
trochanter rolls
PURPOSES:
•Provide support and shape to the body
•Immobilize extremities & shape to body
alignment

25. Body contours

27. SIDE RAILS
Side rails are the bars positioned along the
sides of the length of the bed
PURPOSES:
•Ensures patient’s safety and are useful for
increasing mobility
•Provide assistance in rolling from side to
side or sitting up in bed

29. WEDGE/ ABDUCTOR PILLOW
It is a triangular shaped pillow made of
heavy foam
PURPOSES:
•Used to maintain legs in abduction
following Total Hip Replacement Surgery

31. KNEE REST
This is a device placed under the knees to
provide comfort
PURPOSES:
•This gives relaxation and thus relives
pain on tendons beneath the knees

33. BED BLOCKS
Made up of wood or metal
PURPOSES:
•These are used to raise the foot end or
head end of the bed.

35. AIR CUSHION
Air cushions are made up of rubber and it
can be inflated with air
PURPOSES:
•Used to take off the weight of the body
and to relive pressure on certain parts of
the body

37. RUBBER AND COTTON RINGS
These are circular rings made up of
rubber or cotton
PURPOSES:
•These are used to relive pressure on
certain parts of the body like elbow and
heels

39. HAND ROLLS
•Made by folding a washcloth in half, rolling in
lengthwise & securing roll with tape.
•Roll is placed against palmar surface of hands
PURPOSES:
•Maintain thumb in slightly adducted and in
position to fingers
•Maintain fingers in slightly flexed position