What is DME?<\/b><\/p>\n
Durable Medical Equipment, or DME, is a term used to describe medical equipment that is available for home use during injury or illness. DME can be used in a variety of situations, but most commonly, DME is used to improve a patient\u2019s mobility, comfort, and\/or quality of life.<\/p>\n
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Who uses DME?<\/b><\/p>\n
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Athletes and non-athletes can endure an injury or accident resulting in a sprain or broken bone. Other times, a patient requires the replacement of a hip or knee in order to relieve pain and improve mobility. DME such as braces, crutches, canes, walkers, or wheelchairs can be used in these instances to help healing patients get around without putting weight on their injury.<\/i><\/p>\n Being confined to a bed brings additional challenges for both patients and caregivers. DME can be used in such instances to provide a more comfortable way to perform activities of daily living. DME used in such instances includes equipment for bathing (sponges with extendable arms, inflatable hair-washing basins, etc.), urinating or defecating (urinals, bed pans, etc.), and incontinence supplies (waterproof bed coverings and disposable undergarments). <\/i><\/p>\n Sometimes patients have special conditions that do not necessarily leave them disabled or immobile, but require them to use specialized types of DME. Such patients include:<\/i><\/p>\n What are some examples of DME? <\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n How can the Medicine Shoppe help?<\/b><\/p>\n The Medicine Shoppe caries all of the above types of DME. However, not all DME is displayed in the front of the shop. If there is a particular type of DME you are looking for, please ask for assistance. In the event that we do not have a particular product you are looking for, or you need a different size, we welcome special orders. Special orders typically arrive next day.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What is DME? Durable Medical Equipment, or DME, is a term used to describe medical equipment that is available for home use during injury or illness. DME can be used in a variety of situations, but most commonly, DME is used to improve a patient\u2019s mobility, comfort, and\/or quality of life. Who uses […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[21],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/medicineshoppenorton.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/medicineshoppenorton.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/medicineshoppenorton.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/medicineshoppenorton.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/medicineshoppenorton.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=430"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/medicineshoppenorton.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":436,"href":"http:\/\/medicineshoppenorton.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430\/revisions\/436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/medicineshoppenorton.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/medicineshoppenorton.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/medicineshoppenorton.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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