There are some elements to a hospital stay that are so basic we may not even think about them.
But they can mean the difference between a healing experience, and one that's not.
This is Jourdan Cantiberos, patient handling coach at Castle Medical Center.
That's right, staff are coached on how best to safely handle patients.
"First of all, our patients benefit from safe patient handling because they get a more comfortable transfer or any kind of movement while they're staying at the hospital," says Jourdan Cantiberos, patient handling coach.
An obvious benefit to patients - but the nursing staff benefits, too, by utilizing the latest equipment.
"Some of our patients can be up to 800 pounds and if we can reduce that by 90 percent by using a lift then that substantially reduces their risk of injury," says Cantiberos.
Until the development of these devices, nurses had to transfer patients with muscle power alone.
"That puts a lot of pressure under this patient's arm - you could risk dislocating his shoulder or causing skin tears," says Cantiberos.
Some of the equipment is highly portable so that it can be moved from room to room with relative ease.
"This is an air transfer device. What we use it for is lateral patient transfers from bed to gurney and also for re-positioning in bed, to scoot a patient up in bed and to turn them side to side during linen changes," says Cantiberos.
Still, the most intriguing device to the outsider is the patient lift. One person can operate it.
"What the belt does is distributes his weight evenly around his whole torso and his shins," says Cantiberos.
The patient then essentially rides on the lift until the staff get him to where he needs to be. The advantages to the lift, according to Cantiberos, are numerous.
"Reduces risk of complications for the patient such as pneumonia, blood clots, and pressure ulcers.
Ultimately, by increasing their mobility, the patient's mobility, you enhance their healing process," says Cantiberos.
