� Comfort is concerned with rest, with exercise,

with the relation of one part of the body to

another, with the bed and the whole environment.
� Comfort is a phase of every procedure as it is
an aspect of the total care of the patient.
� Comfort devices are invented articles which
would add to comfort of patient when used in
appropriate manner.
� These devices relieve the discomfort and help in
maintaining correct posture. Various comfort
devices are used for giving comfort to the patient,
� PILLOWS
� BACK REST
� HAND ROLLS
� FOOT REST
� KNEE REST
� SAND BAGS
� AIR AND WATER MATTRESS

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� RUBBER AND COTTON RINGS
� BED CRADLES
� BED BLOCK
� AIR CUSHION
� CARDIAC TABLE
� SIDE RAILS
� WEDGE/ABDUCTOR PILLOWS
� TRAPEZE BAR
� Pillows are used to give comfortable position to
the patient. These are most commonly used to
support various body parts.
Purpose:
� To maintain proper body alignment
� To support body part in good alignment
� Help to reduce pressure
� It can be folded, rolled or tucked firmly against
the body to maintain position
� It is used to support head, neck, arms, legs and part
of the back adds to the physical comfort
� Back rest is a mechanical device which provides a
suitable support and rest for the back of the patient
in sitting position
Purpose:
� To support back
� To facilitate easy breathing
� It is given especially for heart patients
and asthma patients
� Used in postoperative period
� Hand rolls are made of cloth that rolled into
a cylinder’ about 4-5 inches long and 2-3
inches in diameter and stuffed firmly
� Purpose:
� These used to keep the fingers from being held in a tight fist
leading to flexion contracture in patients who are unable to
move hands due to paralysis, injury or disease. Thigh rolls
are made by folding a sheet to the desired length of 2-3 feet
and then rolled into a tight cylinder.
� Thigh rolls are used to support hips and thighs preventing
them from outward rotation and keeping the feet in good
alignment in case of paralysis, fracture of femur of hip
surgery.
� Foot rests are the mechanical device used
to give rest to feet. Sands bags or foot
board may be substituted.
� Purpose:
� It helps to maintain the normal position of feet
� It is used for the comfort
� To prevent foot drop
� It may be substituted by pillow
� To relives the pressure on the abdomen and on
tendon beneath the knee
� Many doctors should not allow the knee pillows
because fear of thrombus formation and
pulmonary embolism
� Change the position frequently
� Sand bags are canvas, rubber or plastic bags
filled with sand and are 1, 5 and 10 lbs in weight.
Sand bags are used to immobilize a part.
� Purpose:
� To relieve discomfort
� Used to support the body part
� Used to immobilize the body part
� Used to support as in fractures bones
� To prevent foot drop or wrist drop
� Air and water mattresses are used for very thin or
obese patients and for those who are prone to get
pressure sores.
� The principles is that pressure exerted by the
body, will be distributed equally in all directions.
� Air and water mattresses are plastic mattresses
with two sets of chambers.
� To use them place the mattress on the bed and fill air
or water in the compartment. Cover the mattress
with
light bottom clothes.
� Purpose:
� To improve circulation
� To provide comfort
� To prevent pressure sores
� Used in very thin or very obese patients
� Used in chronic bed ridden patients
� Caution:
� Avoid punctures in the mattress with needles, pins
or other sharp objects
� Air rings are made of rubber.
� The air rings is inflated about half full tested for
leakage, covered and the placed under the patient’s
hip in such a way that the value is on side and not
in contact with body.
� Cotton rings are made wrapped with bandage.
� These are placed under the bony prominences such
as heels and fastened in place if necessary.
� Purpose
� Used to lift the hip from bed to prevent bed sores
� It helps to prevent direct pressure on bony
prominence
� It improves the circulation
� Bed cradles vary widely in size and in material.
Bed cradles are of wooden, metal or electronic. The
bed cradles support and take off the weight of the
bedding.
� Bed cradle are semi-circular in shape made of
wood or metal or entirely made of metal tubing or
slats.
� Purpose:
� Used to prevent the top cloth is coming in contact
with the patients especially in burns patients
� To apply heat in case of dying plaster casts
� Electronic bed cradles are used to supply the desired
warm to the case of shock
� Bed blocks are made up of wood size; it may be
high or low.
� These are placed under the foot of bed for various
reasons.
� Purpose:
� To prevent shock
� To arrest hemorrhage
� To retain enema
� After spinal anesthesia
� After tonsillectomy
� To provide traction
� To position in postural drainage
� Air cushions are round in shape and made up of
rubber. These can be inflated with air. These are
used to take off the weight of the body.
� Air cushion should not be applied directly in
contact with skin. They should have a cover.
� Purpose:
� To relieve pressure on certain parts of the body
� It provides relaxation as it yields to shift off body
weight and it relieves pressure on certain parts of
the body
� Uses: air cushion vehicles work by creating a large
force of those points to the ground. This lifts the
vehicle off the ground letting it ride on a cushion
of air.
� A table is in the hospital for patient’s use during
hospitalization. It is used to maximize safety of both
patients and staff. Improve patient’s surrounding by
modifying the current cardiac table to one that can
be kept and folded.
� Bed 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 patients with cardiac conditions and asthma
� Position should be changed to relieve fatigue
� Purpose
� Patient can rest over the table with the help of pillow
� Helps to take meals and in writing
� Side rails are the bars positioned along the sides
of the length of the bed
Purpose:
� Ensure the patients safety and are useful
for increasing mobility
� Provide assistance in rolling from side to side
/sitting up in bed
� It is a triangular shaped pillow made up of
heavy foam

Purpose:
� It is used to maintain the legs in abduction
following hip replacement surgery
� An overhead trapeze is a triangle-shaped metal bar.
It hangs from a metal frame, which is attached to the
headboard and footboard of the bed.
� A triangular metal apparatus above a bed, used
to help the patient move and support weight
during transfer or position change.
� Trapeze bar is suspended from an overhead
frame that extends from the foot to head of bed
� Patient can grasp the bar to raise the trunk off the
bed surface or to move up in bed.
� Nurse identify comfort needs of patients and
family members
� Nurses design interventions to meet identified needs
� Intervening variables are considered when designing
interventions
� When interventions are delivered in a caring
manner and are effective, and when enhanced
comfort is
attained, interventions are called “comfort measures”
� Patients and nurse agree on desirable and
realistic health seeking behaviors
� If enhanced comfort is achieved, patients and family
members are more likely to engage in health-
seeking behaviors these further enhance comfort
� When patients and family members are given
comfort care and engage in health-seeking behaviors,
they are more satisfied with health care and have
better
health-related outcomes.
� When patients, families, and nurses are satisfied with
health care in an institution, public
acknowledgement about that institution’s
contributions to health care will help the institution
remain viable and flourish.