Polar Care Cub Cold Therapy System Features
- Breg Polar Care Cub Cold Therapy System has a localized cold therapy hand pump and ice water container for use with BREG cooling pads (sold separately)
- Smallest and most lightweight cold therapy unit available
- Easy-to-use hand pump allows the unit to work when electricity or power supply is unavailable
- Designed for portability and versatility in applications ranging from sprains to post-operative procedures
Note: This item is non-returnable due to hygiene purposes.
Polar Care Cub Instruction Manual
How to use Polar Care Cub Cold Therapy System?
- Apply Polar Pad according to application instructions included with it.
- Fill cooler with ice to top. Add water to within half inch of top of cooler and screw on lid tightly.
- Firmly insert tubing stem into hole in cooler lid.
- Connect pad by pushing couplings together firmly until you hear a click.
- Place cooler on a table or stand at or above the height at which hand bulb will be used.
- Squeeze hand bulb slowly until red flow indicator ball is clearly visible in center of window.
- Do not squeeze hand bulb harder than necessary to keep ball centered.
- It takes approximately 10 squeezes of hand bulb to completely fill pad.
- Once pad is full, stop pumping and allow water in pad to cool affected area for 5-10 minutes.
- Then squeeze hand bulb 3 to 4 times every few minutes or as necessary to maintain the cold effect.
- If skin temperature is cooler than comfortably tolerated, squeeze bulb less frequently.
- If skin temperature is warmer than desired, squeeze bulb more frequently.
- Replenish ice and water before ice has melted completely.
- To end session, stop pumping and remove pad.
- Drain as much water from system as possible by elevating pad above cooler and rolling it up slowly from end to squeeze out all remaining water.
- Empty ice and water and dry all components.
Precautions to take while Using Polar Care Cub Cold Therapy System
- Some condensation on tubes and pad is normal, particularly in humid environments.
- Most times that leaking is suspected, condensation is the actual cause.
- To reduce condensation at pad, provide insulating layers of material over pad before the securing wrap is applied.
- Keep the height of cooler at or above the height of hand bulb in use.
- It is also preferable to keep hand bulb and cooler above pad height if possible.
- If it is difficult to squeeze hand bulb and move the red ball, then check to be sure that there are no folds or kinks in pad when it was applied.
- A thin dressing layer only should be applied between pad and skin.
- Do not apply pad over multiple layers of dressing or affected area will not cool properly.
