BACKGROUND

1. Field of Inventions

The field of this application and any resulting patent is patient-turning assemblies and methods for using patient-turning assemblies.

2. Description of Related Art

Various patient-turning assemblies and methods for using patient-turning assemblies have been proposed and utilized, including those disclosed in some of the patents and/or publications on the front of this patent. However, those methods and assemblies lack the combination of steps and/or features of the methods and/or assemblies disclosed herein. Furthermore, it is contemplated that the methods and/or assemblies disclosed herein solve many of the problems that prior art methods and assemblies have failed to solve. A need therefore exists for improved patient-turning assemblies.

SUMMARY

Disclosed herein are methods of turning a patient that may include: providing a person-turning assembly that may include: a flexible sling that may have: a first sling portion with a first upper surface; and a second sling portion with a second upper surface; and a flexible sleeve coupled to at least a portion of the second upper surface; sliding a cushion between the second upper surface and the sleeve; laying the person on the first sling portion; disposing the second sling portion over the person; pulling the handle across the person; and turning the person onto the cushion after pulling the handle.

Additionally disclosed herein are methods of turning a patient that may include: providing a patient-turning assembly that may include: a flexible sling having a sling upper surface, a top edge, a bottom edge, and a side edge; and either one flexible sleeve or multiple parallel flexible sleeves, each flexible sleeve may have: (a) an interior surface and an exterior surface; (b) a first edge coupled to the sling upper surface; (c) a second edge coupled to the sling upper surface, wherein the first edge and the second edge are spaced apart and parallel to one another; and (d) an opening extending between the first edge and the second edge such that a cushion can be inserted through the opening and into the interior of each flexible sleeve, wherein: (i) the first and second edges of the one flexible sleeve are parallel to the side edge of the flexible sling; and (ii) the first and second edges of each of the multiple flexible sleeves are parallel to the bottom edge or the top edge of the flexible sling and each of the multiple flexible sleeves are separated by a gap.

Also disclosed herein are methods of turning a patient that may include: providing a person-turning assembly that may include: a sling that may have: a first sling portion; and a second sling portion extending from the first sling portion; a sleeve coupled to the second sling portion; a cushion; and a strap having: a first strap portion coupled to the first sling portion; and a second strap portion; disposing the cushion between the sleeve and the second sling portion; laying the person on the first sling portion; disposing the second sling portion over the person; disposing a portion of the first strap portion over the person; disposing a portion of the second strap portion under the person; pulling the second strap portion to abut an inner surface of the second strap portion against the person; and turning the person onto the cushion while pulling the first strap portion in the first direction.

Further disclosed herein are patient-turning assemblies that may include: a sling having: a first sling portion having a handle; and a second sling portion extending from the first sling portion; a sleeve fixedly coupled to the second sling portion; a channel disposed between the sleeve and the second sling portion; and a cushion capable of either ingress into or egress from the channel, or both.

Disclosed herein are patient-turning assemblies that may include: a sling having: a first sling portion; and a second sling portion extending from the first sling portion; a cushion capable of being fixedly coupled to the second sling portion; and a strap that may have: a length longer than a width of the sling; a first strap portion removably coupled to the first sling portion; and a second strap portion coupled to a lower surface of the first sling portion, wherein when the person is disposed on the first sling portion and when the second strap portion is pulled across the person, an inner surface of the second strap portion is abutted against a lower surface of the first sling portion.

