Rehabilitation Service Departments :

Bladder Training Programme

This programme is to train spinal cord injured patients who have lost normal bladder function. Nurses will educate patients to use Clean Intermittent Self Catheterisation (CISC) or educate patients' relatives to learn Intermittent Catheterisation (IMC) to help the patients to empty their bladders regularly. Before teaching CISC / IMC, nurses will also explain to the patients and their relatives the urinary system, normal bladder function and causes of bladder malfunction. The aims of this programme are to eliminate urine regularly, in addition to prevent urinary tract infection, cystitis and incontinence. We will refer the patients to urologist if necessary. There are other bladder training programmes for stress incontinence, urge incontinence and functional incontinence. Tailor made programme will be set accordingly.