[header] How to put on a gait belt [title] Wash your hands. [step] Before handling the equipment or the patient, you should wash your hands thoroughly with soap and warm water. [title] Explain the process.
[header] How to put on a gait belt [title] Wash your hands. [step] Before handling the equipment or the patient, you should wash your hands thoroughly with soap and warm water. [title] Explain the process.
[step] You will probably use gloves when working with equipment which requires smooth, even contact with skin and other touch appropriate objects. Explain to them that you are going to purchase a new belt, and that this is a new product-not a routine buy. [step] Tell the patient that they can take off their belt if they want and that they can make a new one. If they insist upon this step, let them know that if you prefer, you do not have to make them a new one at all. [step] Let the patient know that you intend to put the gait belt on. Describe how it goes on, what it will be used for, and when it will be removed. [step] You do not want to upset the patient. Be brief, but tell them what happens to the belt while you take it off.