Doctor Designs ResQUp to Aid the Fallen in Safely Getting Up
Up-from-the-floor mobility device fills niche in clinical and in-home settings.
The new safety device is available to the public at www.resqup.com
- Naples-Marco Island, FL (1888PressRelease) March 24, 2012 - As a practicing Physical Therapist, Dr. Al Peraza has treated many physically challenged patients who expressed concerns about their inability to get up after a fall. The doctor would use boxes and stacked aerobic steps to assist and train patients about safe ways to get up from the floor. But finding boxes of the correct height took time away from patient care, and often the boxes were not sufficiently stable.
This situation was frustrating to Dr. Peraza and his patients alike. The idea for the ResQUp evolved from the specific plight of one of Dr. Peraza's geriatric patients. The patient knew he was at risk of falling, and was aware he would not have the strength to get up on his own to a seated position. And he didn't want his wife to hurt herself in attempting to assist him up. Further, his personal dignity would not allow him to rely on 911 services that would result in the police, ambulance, or fire truck responding to a non-traumatic fall.
Dr. Peraza researched equipment resources and consulted with several highly experienced clinicians, but found no useful or practical tools that met his patients' needs for getting up from the floor after a fall. With necessity being the mother of invention, the doctor developed the first working prototype of the ResQUp for use in demonstrations. Since then, with professional input and clinical testing, the product has been refined to its present, commercially available form.
Dr. Al Peraza engineered the ResQUp to be an ergonomically integrated system comprised of 4½ inch horizontal levels (3 levels at 4½, 9, & 13½ inches from floor level) that can be easily retrieved and placed into position while the patient is on the floor. It allows an individual to negotiate their way up to a chair height (generally ~18 inches) by ascending upwards using their hands or using their elbows. Both methods require minimal or no additional assistance from a caregiver. Learn more about the ResQUp at www.ResQUp.com.
Dr. Peraza oversees the occupational medicine program at the Yavapai Regional Medical Center in Prescott Valley, Arizona, and is a frequent speaker on the topic of safe patient handling and ergonomics to health care professionals.
For further information, contact Tracey Horn or Donna Werking at (928) 776-0234.
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