News / Seating Assessments
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Educational Training Day - Trinity College Dublin
Read more →Elite Healthcare in collaboration with Seating Matters are delighted to announce our Educational Training Roadshow in Dublin next month! 🤩 Join us on the 13 October in Tangent at Trinity College Dublin for complimentary seating training with resident OT's Martina Tierney and Kirsty O'Connor. This event will refresh your knowledge on postural management, pressure injury development and early mobilisation. Register now
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Sydney GoFlat - Red Dot Design Award 2023
Read more →Introducing the new “Sydney Go Flat” The award winning Sydney GoFlat™ has been designed to enable safe and efficient transfer of critical care patients from lying in bed to a fully seated, clinically optimised position offering care professionals new options in early patient mobilisation.The “Sydney Go Flat” is a tilt in space chair that enables safe and efficient transfers of critical care patients from lying in bed to a fully seated clinically optimised position, offering care professionals new options in early patient mobilisation. Motorised height adjustments enable the Sydney to come level with the bed height and fit neatly alongside...
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The Sydney GoFlat by Seating Matters
Read more →The NEW Sydney GoFlat™ seat for Seating Matters has been designed to enable safe and efficient transfer of critical care patients from lying in bed to a fully seated, clinically optimised position offering care professionals new options in early patient mobilisation. The Sydney GoFlat can form part of the initial process of getting patients out of bed, helping in both the physical and emotional rehabilitation of critical care patients. Long periods of immobility can lead to poor functional and clinical outcomes. Sydney allows patients to get out of bed and into extended seated periods while ensuring clinical value and reducing...
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The Four Principles of Pressure Management in Seating
Read more →Martina Tierney, Occupational Therapist and Clinical Director of Seating Matters has dedicated most of her 30 year long career to researching the impact of seating on the quality of life of patients across the world, with a mission to change the world of healthcare seating through reducing the incidence of these debilitating pressure injuries/ulcers. In her most recent blog, Martina takes us through the four principals of pressure management in seating. A pressure injury is a localised injury to the skin and/or underlying tissue, usually over a bony prominence caused by pressure or pressure in combination with shear. Pressure injuries...
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The Essential Specialist Seating Checklist
Read more →With over 30 years experience as an Occupational Therapist specialising in the provision of specialist seating, Martina Tierney outlines the essential checklist for specialist seating in her most recent blog. She lists 10 key chair checks to conduct for patients in order to get the maximum postural support and clinical benefits from a specialist chair. An individual should be assessed by a Seating Specialist and this may or may not be conducted in conjunction with a clinician such as an OT or PT. The recommended chair should be adjusted to meet the patient's individual postural and pressure care needs; do not accept a ‘one...
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The Issue of Restraint
Read more →Martina Tierney recently published an interesting blog ‘Is it Ever Acceptable to Use Restraint?’ This is a question that comes up frequently during our Lunch & Learns and Seating Assessments and not always an easy one to answer. With a wealth of experience, Martina outlines key factors to consider with restraints. Often with late stage dementia patients and patients with other neurological conditions; they can pose a safety risk to themselves and to others. They might impulsively try to stand up whilst forgetting that they cannot weight bear, therefore they are a high falls risk. Another key concern is when patients might become...