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The Silent Killer
Pressure ulcers are painful, they’re debilitating, and they often lead to death. But the good new is: most pressure ulcers are preventable.
Every Square Inch: Preventing Pressure Ulcers helps care providers and other professionals take steps to reduce the likelihood that pressure ulcers will form on someone for whom they are caring.
2.1 million people will suffer from pressure ulcers this year, 60,000 will die. Learn how to prevent these painful wounds.
Did you know? Although Christopher Reeve, the actor who played Superman in three movies released during the 1980s, lost his mobility as a result of a horse-riding accident in 1995, it was, in fact, complications resulting from the development of a pressure ulcer that ultimately caused his death.
Module Content
Module 1: Causes & Risk Factors. Introduces pressure ulcers, demonstrates how they form and where they can form, and describes key factors that can place someone at increased risk for ulcer formation.
Module 2: Pressure Ulcer Prevention, Techniques & Tools. Reviews ulcer formation and introduces the "Big 10" steps for pressure ulcer prevention. This module also provides information about tools and techniques that can make prevention easier.
Quick Reference Guide. Provides pressure ulcer information including common pressure points, risk factors, and the "Big 10" steps to prevention.
Development was supported in part by grant #R43AR050314-01 from the National Institutes of Health and National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases.
Organization Solutions
Pressure Ulcer Prevention Training: Organization Edition
Everything you need to efficiently and effectively conduct training within your organization, large or small. The organization solutions are adaptable to specific needs, with options for DVD, e-learning, and instructor-led versions of the two course modules.
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Pressure Ulcer Prevention Products
Pressure Ulcer Prevention: Causes & Risk Factors
Individual Edition. Take now for CEU from our partner, Care2Learn.
2 hours | $38.00
Buy NowPressure Ulcer Prevention: Techniques & Tools
Individual Edition. Take now for CEU from our partner, Care2Learn.
2 hours | $38.00
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Every Square Inch: Preventing Pressure Ulcers
DVD-Video packaged with a Quick Reference Guide. Great for individuals wanting to learn more about preventing ulcers but who do not require CEU or organization support materials.
$99.00
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