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The ATR+ System is a multi-component patient repositioning solution that enables pressure injury prevention and simplifies patient movement. This video outlines instructions for use.

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The ED braces for a barrage of COVID, RSV and flu patients while WOCNs brace for an uptick in pressure injuries. As if it wasn’t challenging enough to be a clinician in the Emergency Department, hospitals across the country are bracing for what some have termed a ‘tripledemic’ of seasonal illnesses. An upswing in COVID cases coupled with seasonal flu…

Pressure injuries are painful, quite often increase patient lengths of stay and carry an annual mortality rate of nearly 60,000. Decubitus ulcers. Bedsores. Pressure injuries. The name has changed but the problem hasn’t. The number of people afflicted with pressure injuries each year continues to hover at two and a half million while hospitals shell out billions on treatment. But it’s…

Preventing Pressure Injuries Across the Continuum of Care Exemplary patient care is the cornerstone of the healthcare industry. And leaving vulnerable patients without adequate pressure injury prevention conflicts directly with this ideal. Continuum of care–what is it, exactly? In the healthcare setting, continuum of care is simply a delivery of care over a period of time. It follows the patient…

Thirty-five years ago, in a cabin in the woods… sounds like the beginning of a fairy tale, but it was literally where the WAFFLE story began Thirty-five years ago, in a cabin in the woods… sounds like the beginning of a fairy tale, but it was literally where the WAFFLE story began. As a prominent Otolaryngologist (fancy-speak for head and…

Cardiac Patients at High Risk for Pressure Injury Development Pressure injuries can occur following surgery. One study estimated the incidence rate to be around 15%. But in the post-cardiac population, that percentage doubled to nearly 30% According to the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, approximately 24,000 cardiac surgeries were performed monthly in 2019. That’s nearly 300,000 in the last ‘normal’ year. …

Look for reactive air surfaces that promote good immersion, patient envelopment and proper flotation.  Quite simply, a reactive support surface can change its load distribution properties only in response to an applied load. Pressure is redistributed based on body movements, so patients are literally floating on pockets of air. They can be powered, but they don’t have to be. In…

Safe and Sound So what can be done to ease the patients’ minds? Nosocomephobia.  It’s a big word with a simple meaning: fear of hospitals. While not everyone entering the hospital suffers at this level, most people do experience some degree of stress or anxiety. Patients aren’t always versed in how healthcare operates. And toss in an angry wound or…