We have radiolucent stiff mattresses that slide on and off etc. I will dig out manufacturer and circulate. 200% recommend them. Ruth
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> On 2 Oct 2014, at 07:32, "Rowley Cottingham" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Leave them in the vacuum mattress. Our physicists ran tests that showed they
> had a similar radiation absorption to a man's shirt.
>
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> Sent: 01 October 2014 22:07
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> Subject: Trauma mattresses
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> I am looking at trying to find a more efficient way of moving trauma
> patients onto and off the CT Table. We have looked at using a 'CT Safe'
> scoop stretcher, but our neuroradiologists and medical physicists say they
> need 30% higher dose of radiation to get the same image quality using a
> scoop rather than without a scoop.
>
> Is there a suitable mattress that can be used to facilitate sliding patient
> on and off CT table without using a PAT slide? Do any of you have any other
> equipment to facilitate this transfer?
>
> Thanks
>
> Jules
>
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