Suffering a Spinal Cord Injury is a devastating and life-altering event for anyone, but in developing countries with limited healthcare systems, it’s even more fatal. We talked to Mandira Baniya, Nursing Supervisor at the Spinal Injury Rehabilitation Center in Nepal.
Mandira has performed a unique study on intermittent catheterization in Nepal. Among other remarkable findings, her study states that 96% of the participants reuse their disposable catheters, and that 73% don’t have accessible toilets.
Find out more about Mandira Baniya and her study in this blog post!
Topics: Clean Intermittent Catheterization (CIC), Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)
Not only the athletes are making it to the Paralympics in Rio this year – there are also a whole team of nurses and other medical staff on site. We got hold of Bev Everton, a nurse with the British Paralympic team. Bev always keep a survival kit in her bag, but not the kind you think…
Topics: Clean Intermittent Catheterization (CIC), Bowel management, Travelling with catheters
She was injured in a car accident at the age of five – today she is 19 and a promising handball player, living her life to the fullest. But it wasn’t always easy to be a child with a spinal cord injury.
This is Julia Johansson’s inspiring story.
Topics: Clean Intermittent Catheterization (CIC), Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)
It’s an early December day and I have just boarded an aircraft between Stockholm and Frankfurt. It’s a two hour flight. Short and smooth. No risk of needing to use the toilet during the flight.
It turns out the flight is delayed since we do not leave the gate at the planned time. 15 minutes later the captain announces that due to snowstorms in Europe we have been scheduled for a slot much later. At the moment we may not be able to leave Stockholm for another 3.5 hours.
That’s when I realize I have forgotten to bring my urinary bag onboard. I feel the panic growing inside of me as I know that during these short flights there is no aisle chair that can transport me to the toilet...
Topics: Clean Intermittent Catheterization (CIC), Travelling with catheters
In a perfect world, urinary catheters would be environmentally friendly enough to flush down the toilet, but not yet achievable. But there are ways to reduce the environmental footprint of catheters!
