The feeling of warmth helps eliminate anxiety, promote greater patient satisfaction

In a clinical trial of Heat Treat medical warming blankets, perioperative nurses caring for 15 patients at a busy surgery center were asked to answer yes or no to the following questions:

Did you find Heat Treat easy to use?

Were the instructions for use clear and informative?

Did the patient seem to benefit from Heat Treat?

Would you use Heat Treat again for hypothermia management?

Did Heat Treat seem to solve or reduce patient complaints of being too cold?

Nearly 94 percent answered yes to all questions, finding Heat Treat medical warming blankets highly effective in keeping patients warm, comfortable, less anxious and safe.

Nurses are on the frontline of patient safety and patient satisfaction. Those who have tested Heat Treat medical warming blankets immediately see the value to patients and want it for their hospitals. The reasons are simple:

Warm patients are less stressed and less anxious. The sensation of feeling cold causes patient discomfort and can trigger anxiety about impending surgery, anesthesia, expected pain, and being immobilized. Such feelings influence a patient’s overall satisfaction with surgical care. By using Heat Treat medical warming blankets throughout surgery, one of the major causes of patient stress and anxiety is eliminated.

Warm patients have fewer complications. Heat Treat medical warming blankets maintain a patient's core body temperature for up to 12 hours, reducing the risk of complications associated with hypothermia.

Heat Treat medical warming blankets are safe. Unlike forced-air warming devices, Heat Treat medical warming blankets do not cause “hosing” burns or nosocomial infections. The maximum temperature is a safe, but pleasing 43 degrees Celsius.

Heat Treat medical warming blankets save time. With cotton blankets, nurses are constantly replacing blankets in a vain attempt to maintain the patient's core body temperature. Heat Treat medical warming blankets maintain continuous heat for up to 12 hours so nurses no longer have to leave patient bedsides to gather warmed cotton blankets that stay warm for less than 10 minutes.

Heat Treat medical warming blankets are quiet and unobstrusive. These self-heating blankets don't require electricity so there are no electrical cords. There is no blower so there is no distracting noise.

Contact us to set up a trial study of Heat Treat medical warming blankets at your facility.

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