Learn how to use the TruVue Lite. These clinical guidelines provide indications for use, contraindications, suggested uses, interventions and more.
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.
Learn about the components and features of the ATR+ XL System.
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…
Let 2023 be the year you resolve to engage in meaningful self-care, because you can’t show up for your patients if you don’t show up for yourself. Self-care isn’t just advised, it’s paramount. This is true for everyone, but it is especially so for healthcare workers. You can’t work toward better patient outcomes if you are running on empty. The…
Newton. Pascal. Archimedes. Boyle. Heavy hitters in science, without a doubt, but what do they have to do with static air technology? Everything! Their scientific principles regarding immersion, buoyancy, and heat transfer — just to name a few — are the blueprints for modern-day reactive air support surfaces using static air technology. According to Pascal, with a fluid at rest…
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…
Deep Tissue Injury (DTI). What, exactly, is it? DTI is typically described as a localized discoloration of intact skin or a blood-filled blister with soft tissue damage from pressure and/or shear. Deep Tissue Injury (DTI). What, exactly, is it? DTI is typically described as a localized discoloration of intact skin or a blood-filled blister with soft tissue damage from pressure…
Recognizing and Celebrating the Contributions of the WOC Nurse Picking the top ten reasons why we love nurses was tough, but we gave it the old college try! For the most part, it’s widely known that doctors have specialties. But how about nurses? To the layperson, all nurses provide patient care. Period. This, of course, is true — but there…
Preventing Pressure Injuries in the Perioperative Setting There was an alarming 48% decrease in surgeries when the country first shut down in March of 2020, that phase only lasted seven weeks. Seven weeks. A lot has been written, reported, tweeted, and posted about COVID-19, and one common thread has been the drastic decrease and near cessation of all surgical procedures.…