Large cell alternating pressure air mattresses will prevent pressure ulcers. Geriatrician Mary Bliss.
Ventilated patients.
Nothing has changed in 58 years. All healthcare facilities run on a lack of nursing staff.
Foreseeable and Preventable
This is the moment in nursing history to introduce informed consent to prevent pressure ulcers in hospitals, the community and residential aged care, and allow patients to sleep. Because pressure ulcers are so painful failing to prevent them is a human rights issue.
REFERENCES
Bliss, M. R., McLaren, R., & Exton-Smith, A. N (1967). Preventing pressure sores in hospital: controlled trial of a large-celled ripple mattress. Br Med J, 1(5537), 394-397.
Bliss, M. R., & Simini, B (1999). When are the seeds of postoperative pressure sores sown? Often during surgery. BMJ, 319(7214), 863-864.
Glaser, J (2013). Fate of the contralateral limb after lower extremity amputation. Journal of vascular surgery, 58(6).
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