The Bed Rail Device is expected to stop any entrapment in the 7 zones and to block the 7 zones for different sized bodies (ie. children and adults). The device will be durable and not be damaged during the testing.
After completing the construction of the device, it will be taken to Monmouth Medical Center and attached to a hospital bed. Five different sized volunteers will get into the bed and try to fit into the 7 problem zones. While the volunteers are attempting to fit into the zones, they will be photographed. Once all of the volunteers have tried to fit through the 7 zones on the bed, the device will be evaluated based on its performance.
1.Attach device to the bed. 2.Label each of the 7 zones with Post Its so that the volunteers will know which zone is which. 3.Have volunteer #1 move around, be restless, and attempt to be entrapped in each zone one by one. 4.Using a digital camera capture photos of each person attempting to fit their bodies into each of the 7 danger zones. 5.Once volunteer #1 has finished being restless move on to volunteer #2, then volunteer #3, and so on... 6.Once all 5 volunteers have attempted to be entrapped in the bed, detach the device from the bed railing. 7.After photo capturing is finished, look at the images to determine if the device was successful in preventing entrapment in all 7 of the zones for each volunteer.
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Images Cited
Monmouth Medical Center. Explore the Nursing Possibilities in St. Barnabas Health Care System. (c) 2006. www.sbhcsnurses.com/affiliate/monmouth.html 10 October 2007.