1.  
    1. Store
Stay In Touch

Articles

Innovative Lifting Equipment Provides Support To Veterans

Innovative Lifting Equipment Provides Support To Veterans

Safe patient handling involves the use of assistive devices to ensure that veterans can be lifted safely and that care providers avoid performing high-risk manual handling tasks. New, innovative lifting devices such as the Mangar Camel and ELK Lifting Cushions[...]
Dignity in Moving and Handling

Dignity in Moving and Handling

The Collins dictionary defines dignity as “the sense that you have of your own importance and value, and other people's respect for you.” In 1964 The Human Rights Act outlawed discrimination based on race, colour, sex or national origin. This[...]
Post Fall Management for Veterans

Post Fall Management for Veterans

A fall is defined as an ‘event which results in a person coming to rest inadvertently on the ground or floor or other lower level.’[1] Across the globe Falls are one of the most critical health concerns with an estimated[...]
Falls Prevention for People Living with Dementia

Falls Prevention for People Living with Dementia

It is important to be aware that people living with Dementia conditions, such as Alzheimer’s, have a greater propensity to fall. This means they are three times more likely to fracture a hip, as falls are the cause of 95%[...]
Veteran Talks About How PTs and OTs Helped Him Overcome His Circumstances

Veteran Talks About How PTs and OTs Helped Him Overcome His Circumstances

Darren Swift lost both his legs and sustained other injuries when he was blown up by a homemade grenade, consisting of a coffee jar, Semtex and shipyard confetti (nuts, bolts, screws). Darren, also known as Swifty to his friends, spent[...]
Southfield Fire Department, Michigan

Southfield Fire Department, Michigan

Southfield Fire Department serves the 175,000 citizens of Southfield and Lathrup Village, which includes a large elderly community.  The department has 88 staff members and 5 fires stations located across the region. In 2014, the busiest year on record, firefighters[...]
Virtual Reality Helps Lonely Long Term Care Residents

Virtual Reality Helps Lonely Long Term Care Residents

Unfortunately, many residents in senior living communities can experience long periods of time without a visit from a family member or friend. The daily amount of socialization a resident has is usually with members of staff or when they take[...]
Care Home’s 1940s Transformation Helps Dementia Patients

Care Home’s 1940s Transformation Helps Dementia Patients

Making the move to a new retirement home can be a nerve-wracking thing to do, especially if you’re living with dementia.  All the unfamiliar surroundings, sounds and new smells can be daunting and a lot to take in. It’s not[...]
Dementia Residents And Their Diet

Dementia Residents And Their Diet

Currently, there are 5.7 million Americans living with dementia and if you’re a carer then you may be used to providing care and support to a resident who is living with this condition. Dementia occurs when there has been damage[...]
Pressure Ulcers: What Are They And How Can You Prevent Them

Pressure Ulcers: What Are They And How Can You Prevent Them

What Is A Pressure Ulcer? Simply put, a pressure ulcer is localised damage that occurs to the skin and/or the underlying tissue caused by unrelieved pressure. Ulcers can range from mild damage (typical you’d notice it as a red patch[...]
Info-graphic: Reducing Worker Injuries In The LTC Sector

Info-graphic: Reducing Worker Injuries In The LTC Sector

Thousands of sick days are lost every year to incorrect manual handling techniques in the LTC sector.     The Mangar Camel is an emergency lifting cushions designed to lift the frailest individual to a bariatric patient from the floor[...]
Info-graphic: Reducing Worker Injuries For EMT’s

Info-graphic: Reducing Worker Injuries For EMT’s

Thousands of sick days are lost every year to incorrect manual handling techniques in the EMS sector.     The Mangar ELK is an emergency lifting cushions designed to lift the frailest individual to a bariatric patient from the floor in a[...]
Norwegian Paralympic Team travelling to South Korea get a lift from the Mangar Camel and ELK

Norwegian Paralympic Team travelling to South Korea get a lift from the Mangar Camel and ELK

Mangar Health’s Camel and ELK lifting cushions will be travelling to the winter Paralympics in Pyong Chang , South Korea this March, to support the Norwegian team.   L-R: Cato Zahl Pedersen, Hilde Mosby Berge and Tor Arild Mortveit Mangar[...]
Financial Costs Emergency Medical Services Could Avoid But Don’t

Financial Costs Emergency Medical Services Could Avoid But Don’t

Unfortunately, as many EMS workers will know and you sadly may have witnessed yourselves, due to the nature of your job there's a high risk of experiencing work-related injuries and illnesses. The potential hazards EMS workers face can include: Lifting[...]
Case Study: EMS Chief Blames Chronic Back Pain On Lifting Practices

Case Study: EMS Chief Blames Chronic Back Pain On Lifting Practices

Daniel McGuire was a field EMT for 23 years before chronic back problems brought the EMS career he loved to an abrupt end. After two painful failed back operations, doctors ruled out Daniel ever returning to the EMS work he’d[...]
Outdated Manual Handling Practices Causes Rise In Injuries To Paramedics

Outdated Manual Handling Practices Causes Rise In Injuries To Paramedics

Emergency care has been recognised for many years as exposing ambulance workers to high risks of musculoskeletal injuries. Paramedics are especially known to report a high level of musculoskeletal injuries, particularly from patient moving and handling. "EMTs and paramedics have[...]
Sign up to receive the latest news, research, and updates about our products and manual handling.
subscribe to our newsletter