Let’s Get It Clear: Child or adult? What’s the difference?
When we are assessing, procuring, supplying, or fitting equipment, what are the implications around so-called ‘paediatric’ equipment? Where do we take aboard legal ages versus…
Let’s Get it Clear: What makes a good positioning belt? Safety first
In previous issues of THIIS in the Let’s Get it Clear series1, we have covered various aspects of ‘What makes a good positioning belt?’. The…
Let’s Get it Clear: When is an optional extra an accessory?
Fashion accessory? The use of the correct terminology becomes important when considering what is an accessory, as compared with an option, or an optional extra.…
Let’s get it clear: What makes a good a positioning belt? 1. The anatomy of a belt
In previous issues of THIIS in the Let’s Get it Clear series, we have covered ‘What makes a good cushion?’ over six parts. Equally important…
Let’s get it clear: Pressure, Shear, and Friction
What’s the difference, how do they relate, and why should each be managed in their own right? There has been an awareness for a long…