Category Archives: Pressure sores

Bed entrapment: killed by the side rails

Pressure relief mattresses Pressure relief mattresses treat the risk of pressure sores, but also create another risk: death. Selecting the correct mattress for pressure relief should take into account these factors in MATTRESS: Microclimate and moisture Activity levels Tissue tolerance … Continue reading

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Wrong wound care treatment: legal risks

Pressure ulcer product selection Current wound care expertise encompasses numerous dressing-related skills including: • Treating the cause of the wound and addressing patient centered concerns to set the stage for local wound care • Properly assessing the wound and identifying … Continue reading

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Pressure Ulcer Staging

Pressure sore staging challenged Current numerical pressure ulcer classification systems (staging, grading, or categories) are problematic and misleading because they imply that pressure ulcers progress through defined stages (from I to IV). In December 2011, a panel of experts rocked … Continue reading

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Nonhealing Pressure Sores

It is challenging to heal chronic wounds. Reasons for nonhealing wounds For patient wounds that do not have the ability to heal, the approach is different. These individuals with the inability to heal (nonhealable wound) may be due to inadequate … Continue reading

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Skin changes at end of life – preventable?

Skin changes at the end of life – appearance Also known as Kennedy Terminal Ulcers, these are a specific subgroup of pressure ulcers that some individuals develop as they are dying. They are usually shaped like a pear, butterfly, or … Continue reading

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Pressure Sores and Damages

Pain Scales Use with Pressure Ulcers Pain from pressure sores can sometimes be measured. A variety of pain scales are used to measure that which is subjective. The universally accepted measurement techniques are the utilization of visual analog scales (10-cm … Continue reading

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