This video explains guidelines and limitations of use for the Purewick Female External Catheter. A demonstration and Explaination of placement is provided, as well as removal.
I’m an in-home hospice nurse. This system is wonderful! Keeping dry is a major deterrent for skin breakdown. With this system, your patient stays dry helping to lower the risk of everything from rashes to bedsores. I highly recommend it.
@@denadriscoll3624it’s uncomfortable I had one for 24 hours they don’t change them enough in hospitals but leave them. The whole time I felt like someone was playing with my female genitalia. The suction up by the clitoris hurt!
My mother is bedridden and this is very helpful....it is not covered by insurance. It is expensive. It must be placed correctly. It does not come with this wall suction. A wonderful invention.
This is such a simple noninvasive device does away with the awkward bedpan. I had the opportunity to use one while in the er and was very happy with it. That being said the cost should be covered by insurance, suffice to say if it were a product used mainly for men it would already be covered. Male impotence? No problem Female incontinence? You’re on your own
Nonsense. Prostate cancer? Underfunded compared to breast cancer in almost all western nations. Very wealthy male benefactors have spent lots of money to try to close the gap, which still exists. Governments are gynocentric. Mammography? Covered for young and old women. Prostate imaging with mri, the only imaging test that is useful? Not covered for any age group. Men have to rely on psa screening, very not useful. Women and Children's Hosiptals? Check. Men's hospitals? Nope. Women have plenty of privileges in society.
So, I recently was in the Er / then hospitalized. I’ve never before had to go into the hospital in my 45 years (minus my two births)…. The second time I had to be hospitalized because my oxygen was at 70 - I couldn’t breathe when laying down and felt like it was murder going up a flight of stairs…. Anyway, the ER gave me 80 lasix in an IV shot - and didn’t prep me with one of these prior to giving it to me. No one explained to me what would happen - and just told me call me when you need to go to the bathroom. Not 5 min later, I’m calling because I need to pee. They bring this to me and start setting me up - now, realize I had been completely calm and cheerful throughout this but, idk if it was because they hadn’t prepped me that this is how I would be peeing or what but my blood pressure went through the roof and my oxygen way down - and I start hurting like hell in my lower back…. Anyway, I had to be hospitalized so they could drain all the excess fluid from my body (lost 20 pounds within 4 days) but I came to really appreciate this. However, k don’t recall them securing it in this manner AT ALL. So many steps I feel were missed when doing this. Idk how many times I had to buzz them because when changing they would forget a step (I wouldn’t hear the suction - and knew something was wrong). Luckily, I think it was only 2 shifts were I felt it was badly placed because I felt like I was sitting in pee.
I'm trying to figure out why I, as a live in caregiver who is dealing with utis, wouldn't just purchase the machine and a handful of purewicks and just replace the cotton. They're extreme expensive without insurance and from the design illustrated here, they're not that complicated. It looks like gauze...
I got to use this at the hospital when I 2as recovering from a stroke I had. I loved it! My question is, is can these be sold for home use and at night time in place of getting up to use the restroom? This would be so nice not having to get out of bed every 2 hours to go pee!
The way it’s demonstrated here the suction is built into the room. But if you are getting this to be are for someone at home I believe BARD has a portable suction pump that hopefully insurance could cover.
As far as hospital use is concerned, no. They are disposed of and a new one is used. For home use, I don’t really know how you would safely and effectively clean it. Keep in mind that an unclean pure wick can lead to development of a UTI. If you do clean it and don’t use a safe cleaning solution, it could cause serious irritation to the genital area.
Please be aware you are required to purchase a replacement accessory kit every 30 days ($49.99) or warranty on entire unit is void. Found this out when our 1 yr. old unit began failing.
