On April 13th 2016 the National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (NPUAP) announced a change in terminology from pressure ulcer to pressure injury. This...
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May 9, 2016
Recall last week’s blog when we began our discussion on the factors that cause wounds. Extrinsic factors are what we as therapists can address in...
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May 5, 2016
We talked about the prevention of wounds in last week’s blog and the importance of trying to prevent it before it happens. But sometimes the...
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May 3, 2016
When choosing equipment for the end user, we have to look at where they are today in their physical condition, and we have to consider the prognosis....
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April 28, 2016
Nursing home residents are at high risk for skin breakdown and wound development due to age related changes, multiple co-morbidities and prolonged...
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October 2, 2015
A pressure map is a tool often used in seating evaluations and/or fittings to assess the downward pressures of a seated surface. It is simply a pad...
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September 22, 2015
As a therapist I am used to having tools to measure or evaluate my patients’ physical status and environmental conditions. These tools give me a...
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August 27, 2015
We have a problem. There are 2.5 million pressure ulcers each year in the US (Reddy et al 2006). Fifty percent of all admissions and eight percent of...
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