Resources to Prevent and Treat Pressure Injuries
Prevention and treatment of pressure injuries
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A comprehensive pressure injury program considers the people, practice and equipment-related factors that can impact pressure injury risk and treatment options.
Referencing the joint National Pressure Injury Advisory Panel (NPIAP), European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (EPUAP) and Pan Pacific Pressure Injury Alliance (PPPIA) International Clinical Practice Guideline¹ (2019) -- which includes a total of 115 evidence-based recommendations for pressure injury prevention and treatment -- we’ve summarized some of the recommended interventions, along with free 3M resources to help you assess your facility’s readiness with global best practices.
1.European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel, National Pressure Injury Advisory Panel and Pan Pacific Pressure Injury Alliance. Prevention and Treatment of Pressure Ulcers/Injuries: Quick Reference Guide. Emily Haesler (Ed.). EPUAP/NPIAP/PPPIA: 2019
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Help protect patients from pressure injuriesPressure injuries can occur almost anywhere on the body, and the causes are multi-factorial. There are many things that can be done to help prevent pressure injuries, including:¹
- Regular risk, skin and tissue assessments
- Proactive skin hygiene
- Effective continence management
- Use of low friction equipment and devices
- Use of prophylactic dressings
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Pressure injury treatment strategiesDespite your best efforts to prevent pressure injury, they can still occur. When shifting from prevention to treatment strategies, it is important to:¹
- Differentiate the pressure injury from other wound etiologies
- Classify the pressure injury appropriately
- Set treatment goals and assessment timelines
- Consider pain management strategies
- Prevent against infection
- Implement appropriate treatments given pressure injury severity
Pressure Injury Clinical Resources
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Dec 1, 1901Knowing how to properly assess and stage a pressure injury, as outlined by the NPIAP, is an important component in reducing patient risk.
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Dec 1, 1901In this four-minute video, Heather Hettrick, PT, PhD, CWS, CLT, CLWT, uses a grapefruit to outline the various stages of a pressure injury, including differentiating erythema.
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Dec 1, 1901Jessica Pehrson, MSN, RN, CWS, PHN, shares tips to help reduce the risk of pressure injury for patients in the prone position.
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Dec 1, 1901In this 50-minute video, Dot Weir, RN, CWON, CWS, explores wound assessment utilizing a holistic approach. The program objective is to identify characteristics used to assess wounds.
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Dec 1, 1901Debra M. Thayer, MS, RN, CWOCN, provides a quick review of the connection between IAD as a risk factor for pressure injury and considerations for facilities.
Pressure Injury Education Resources
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This course outlines common areas where PI diagnosis, treatment and prevention often come up short despite the latest global efforts to determine root causes and expand clinical recommendations for assessment and management.Dec 1, 1901 -
Dec 1, 1901This course provides a general overview of the skin, while focusing on medical conditions that affect the integumentary system and contribute to skin break down or damage. It also shares how moisture, trauma and pressure may result in damage to skin integrity.
Access Understanding Factors Influencing the Health of Your Patients Skin Course
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Dec 1, 1901This course helps you understand the relationship between pressure injuries and IAD and outlines a holistic approach to skin safety and skin damage prevention.
Access Pressure Injuries and Incontinence-Associated Dermatitis: Connecting the Dots course
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Dec 1, 1901Experience visual learning through an interactive wound care tissue texture lab. Using the textures and consistencies of different foods, this presentation will provide an overview of the fundamentals of the physiological changes that occur to skin and wounds with several types of edema and lipodermatosclerosis, and gives an overview of moist wound healing.
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Dec 1, 1901This course outlines the inflammatory wound environment and how it impacts healing as well as potential treatment needs to overcome delayed wound healing.
Access Chronic Wound Inflammation: Why Wounds Don’t Heal course
From skin protection and advanced wound care dressings to negative pressure wound therapy, 3M has an unmatched breadth of versatile solutions, backed by patient-centered science, that can help you achieve many of the consensus recommendations for both the prevention and treatment of pressure injuries.
