Tag: Urinary Tract Infection
Harvard to clone human embryos
(AP) -- Stepping into a research area marked by controversy and fraud, Harvard University scientists said Tuesday they are trying to clone human embryos...
Wheelchair star born with marathon victory
Shauna Jensen wheels to win in Las Vegas
EDMONTON - Before Shauna Jensen sustained a spinal cord injury, she considered herself a recreational athlete and...
Twenty years on, Hansen still in motion
Wheelchair athlete famous for global trek is focused now on injury research
Twenty years ago, Rick Hansen was wrapping up his 40,000-kilometre Man in Motion...
RELIEVE SKIN PRESSURE
Relieve Skin Pressure
In addition to routinely checking your skin, a second important way to prevent pressure sores is to relieve skin pressure by changing...
SKIN CARE
Take Routine Care of Your Skin
The third way to prevent skin sores, the most serious problem in SCI, is to keep your skin healthy....
INTERMITTENT CATHETERIZATION PROGRAM (ICP)
If you do start urinating, Intermittent Catheterization is done to release the remaining urine from the bladder and measure the amount of urine left...
INDWELLING CATHETER
Any Catheter which is inserted into the bladder and allowed to remain in the bladder is called an Indwelling Catheter. A common type of...
CARING FOR DRAINAGE BAGS
Caring for Drainage Bags - Leg and Bedside
CONNECTING A Catheter TO A DRAINAGE BAG
Wash hands before and after the procedure.
Wipe end of...
IRRIGATING THE CATHETER
WHY IS IT DONE?
To find out if the Catheter is draining well. Sometimes it is done to prevent urinary stones from forming, in which...
BOWEL MOVEMENTS/BOWEL PROGRAM IN SCI
After a spinal cord injury, messages from the rectum do not get through to the brain and you do not get the urge to...
