- Posey vest
A Posey vest is a type of
medical restraint used to restrain apatient to a bed or chair [http://books.google.com/books?id=0SXq4vuQM6oC&pg=PA73&dq=posey+vest&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&output=html&sig=ACfU3U2BfEiExumazTC9nVcRfldvvWlWJg] . Its name comes from theJ.T. Posey Company , its inventor, though the term "Posey" is used generically to describe all such devices [http://books.google.com/books?id=ESLkeLj9kHoC&pg=PA314&dq=posey+vest&ie=ISO-8859-1&output=html&sig=ACfU3U2dFC7YpIHU5q5dWRA4dSBqtu8bEg] . The vest is placed on the patient, and meshy straps extending from each corner are tied either individually to each side of the bed or together to the back of a chair. Poseys are most often used to prevent patients from injuring themselves by falling or climbing out of the bed or chair [http://books.google.com/books?id=xoTxUSYU_CQC&pg=PA97&dq=posey+vest&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&output=html&sig=ACfU3U2HUY_JPBjWlIRHN8KMQR9KeT01kA] . They allow patients the freedom to move around their arms and legs if nolimb restraint s have been applied.Laws in many places require Posey vests be applied with the opening at the patient's front. Misuse in which a Posey vest is applied backwards has resulted in patients being choked to death [http://books.google.com/books?id=HXWmZ9cdBbsC&pg=PA66&lpg=PA66&dq=limb+restraint&source=web&ots=f-Z_JjyMzU&sig=OB8gjbSqb4MNIg2ADajT5N9-TFo&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=4&ct=result] . Many lawsuits have been litigated in which a patient has died while restrained by a Posey.
Variations
A cushion belt is a belt that does not include a vest, and simply fastens around the waist, and is tied to the sides of a bed or to a chair.
An alternate version of the Posey is a vest that is placed on with an opening in the back and a
back zipper , and straps that extend from the sides.References
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