tm dandle pal neurodevelopmental support … · a second pal is used around the lower extremities...

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de

ve

lop

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l S

up

po

rt S

yst

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s: D

an

dle

PA

LP

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re, A

lign

men

t, s

ew

n w

ith

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ve

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iqu

e d

esig

n p

rovid

es v

ers

atilit

y a

nd

sta

bili

ty:

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in

terio

r b

ean

bag

s f

illed

with

sm

all

bla

ck p

lastic p

elle

ts

stitc

hed

in

sid

e o

ne o

rgan

ic c

ott

on

co

ver.

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se p

ieces o

f th

e P

AL

as a

n e

xtr

a s

et

of

han

ds t

o p

rovid

e in

div

idu

aliz

ed

po

sitio

nin

g.

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wo

or

mo

re P

AL

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o h

elp

co

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in a

bab

y d

urin

g p

ho

toth

era

py o

r w

hen

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tim

al vis

ualiz

atio

n o

f th

e b

ab

y

is n

ecessary

.

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elp

s t

o r

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forc

e p

ositio

nin

g w

hile

still

allo

win

g s

om

e f

reed

om

of

mo

vem

en

t.

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rovid

es s

up

po

rt f

or

tub

ing

or

eq

uip

men

t.

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ay b

e m

ach

ine w

ash

ed

an

d d

ried

.

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ww

w.d

an

dle

LIO

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ed

ical.co

m

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all

bean

bag

can b

e f

old

ed

on t

op

or

und

er

the larg

er

bag

to g

ive h

eig

ht,

sup

po

rt a

nd

sta

bili

ty w

here

the b

ab

y n

eed

s it.

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rsesh

oe-s

hap

ed

bean

bag

is e

xtr

a lo

ng

to

pro

vid

e a

lignm

ent

fro

m h

ead

to

tru

nk. L

ong

er

leg

s g

ive

am

ple

ro

om

to

mo

ve t

he p

elle

ts a

round

to

ind

ivid

ualiz

e

sup

po

rt f

or

the b

ab

y.

Use t

he h

an

dle

to

sta

bili

ze t

he s

mall

bag

or

any

tub

ing

or

eq

uip

ment

by p

ulli

ng

it

und

er

the

ho

rsesho

e-s

hap

ed

bag

.

ww

w.d

and

leLIO

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ed

ical.co

m

Ne

uro

de

ve

lop

me

nta

l S

up

po

rt S

yst

em

s: D

an

dle

PA

LT

M

Th

e D

an

dle

PA

L m

ay b

e u

sed

in

co

nju

nctio

n w

ith

the D

an

dle

RO

O o

r W

RA

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r as a

sta

nd

alo

ne

po

sitio

nin

g a

id w

hen

vis

ual an

d/o

r m

ed

ical

access t

o t

he b

ab

y is n

ecessary

. A

s a

head

bo

un

dary

, th

e P

AL

facili

tate

s h

ead

in

mid

line a

nd

the lo

ng

leg

s c

an

be p

laced

un

der

the s

ho

uld

ers

to p

rom

ote

sh

ou

lder

rou

nd

ing

.

T

he s

mall

bean

bag

is s

tab

ilized

on

to

p o

f th

e

larg

er

bean

bag

to

pro

vid

e m

ore

heig

ht

at

the t

op

of

the h

ead

to

su

pp

ort

th

e t

ub

ing

. A

seco

nd

PA

L is

used

aro

un

d t

he lo

wer

extr

em

itie

s t

o p

rovid

e f

oo

t

bra

cin

g a

nd

late

ral h

ip a

nd

tru

nk s

up

po

rt.

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e leg

s o

f th

e P

AL

are

ab

le t

o s

tretc

h o

pen

wid

e t

o p

rovid

e b

oth

a b

ou

nd

ary

fo

r th

e h

ead

an

d

the u

pp

er

tru

nk.

Th

e b

ean

bag

is s

ecu

red

beh

ind

the h

ead

to

giv

e f

irm

su

pp

ort

an

d p

reven

t arc

hin

g.

A s

eco

nd

PA

L is u

sed

fo

r ad

ditio

nal lo

wer

extr

em

ity a

nd

tru

nk s

up

po

rt.

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a s

up

po

rt f

or

main

tain

ing

a s

ide-l

yin

g

po

sitio

n is p

rovid

ed

by p

lacin

g t

he s

malle

r b

ean

bag

beh

ind

th

e larg

er

on

e a

nd

wra

pp

ing

tig

htly.

Th

e lo

ng

leg

s p

rovid

e b

oth

fo

ot

bra

cin

g a

nd

tru

nk

su

pp

ort

.

Th

e D

an

dle

PA

L c

an

be u

sed

to

pro

vid

e e

xtr

a

su

pp

ort

at

the h

ead

or

feet.

In

th

is p

ictu

re,

po

sitio

nin

g it

aro

un

d t

he lo

wer

extr

em

itie

s h

elp

s

main

tain

a t

ucked

po

sitio

n,

su

pp

ort

s h

ip a

lign

men

t

an

d a

llow

s f

oo

t b

racin

g.