Description
The Original Bedsore Rescue All Purpose Bolster Pillow is made with a special high-pile chopped fiber fill that naturally separates when not in use to allow air to be drawn through the side breathing strip. Your pillow will stay puffy and supportive for long lasting “down like” comfort without clumping.
The high performance Chemflex® medical fabric is what makes this pillow the best general medical pillow on the market. Commonly known as “gurney pad” fabric, this material is skin safe. because is it soft and smooth moisture-resistant while allowing the skin to breath. Won’t stick or cause excessive sweating like vinyl covered pillows do. Also antibacterial and hypoallergenic, this pillow provides gentle skin friendly safe and cooling comfort.
The Bedsore Rescue All Purpose Pillow is a general use pillow for the medical care setting.
- Set underneath legs to float heels when leg elevation is desired. (Please see our Bedsore Rescue Footbed heel floater when low lift heel floatation is needed to improve blood flow and reduce ankle dangling)
- Set between legs during side turn rest to reduce hip pain and prevent skin to skin bony prominence contact between legs
- Set lengthwise behind the back during head of bed elevation to straighten out slump, open rib cage for better breathing and properly elevate tracheostomies and feeding tubes sites
Suitable to use for side turned position support to offload pressure off tailbone/sacral area when wedge cushion cannot be used due to
- Frailty (intolerant of contact pressure underneath the back due to advanced age or illness)
- Underweight (less than 100Lbs)
- Under tall (less than 5 feet tall
Please review our Ultimate Guide to Pressure Injury Prevention for specific instructions on 30 degree lateral turning and pressure injury prevention and healing.
Wipe clean with disinfectant wipes or rinse with soap and water.
Fits standard size pillow case (if desired, but not necessary).
