A 31-year-old female who is quadriplegic and experiences severely low blood pressure is required to remain in a prone position 95 percent of the time. Sitting up slightly or rolling over often caused her to black out as a result of her low blood pressure. She spent most of her time in bed as a result of this. Our goal was to provide her the highest potential for productivity that included means of accommodating her need to be lying prone for long periods, and to perform functional tasks in this position.
Accommodation:
To accomplish this goal we created a short table that she could lay on in the prone position to accomplish a number of tasks mainly working on a laptop, reading and writing. We made the frame from unistrut approximately 16 inches tall. Upon that we created a padded base that had two areas cut out to allow her arms to lower through. We also purchased a massage table head support which she would rest her head on and could see down to the work area below. This head support allowed for different positioning for the most comfortable position, allowing her to work in this position for up to 6 hours at a time.
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