clinician's bulletin

May 2012  

Dear  

If you've been receiving these e-mails for a while, you know how much we love coming across clinical materials we've not seen before. This month is no exception. The article to the right, though not brand new, is further evidence that the way we prevent and treat heel pressure ulcers depends on how we understand them.

This article is referenced in a new webinar that we're sponsoring this summer by Carolyn Cuttino, a lecturer, consultant and nurse with over 35 years of wound care experience. Her new presentation, Heel Pressure Ulcers: Your Journey Toward Zero Prevalence will highlight real world evidence-based strategies for prevention.

This webinar, with live Q&A to follow, will happen on Wednesday, June 27th at 1 PM Eastern. To register, all you need to do is follow  this link. You won't want to miss it.

Also, we've just returned from the annual SAWC Spring conference, and we had a great time. We always enjoy meeting with people who are as enthusiastic and passionate about wound care as we are. We're looking to continue that conversation at the upcoming NAON conference in New Orleans, the WOCN conference in Charlotte and the AACN National Teaching Institute in Orlando. See our Conferences listing below.

One thing we learn at these conferences every year is that some folks are still not aware that our Heelift Suspension Boot is available in both smooth and convoluted foam, and in Standard, Petite and Bariatric size to accommodate all of your patients. You can see all of our products at our website.

If you aren't attending any of our upcoming conferences, but still want to give us your feedback, please don't hesitate to send us an e-mail. We'd love to hear from you.

Sincerely,

  

Denis B. Drennan, MD
President, DM Systems Inc.

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Patient-specific and Surgical Characteristics in the Development of Pressure Ulcers 
Dana Tschannen, Ondrea Bates, AkkeNeel Talsma and Ying Guo 
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Implementation of the ruling on the Inpatient Prospective Payment System by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid has challenged nurses to focus on the prevention of pressure ulcers. Despite years of research, pressure ulcers are still one of the most common complications experienced by patients in health care facilities.


This study attempts to examine the relationship between patients' characteristics (age, sex, body mass index, history of diabetes, and Braden Scale score at admission) and care characteristics (total operating room time, multiple surgeries, and vasopressor use) and the development of pressure ulcers.


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NAON

National Association of Orthopaedic Nurses
May 20-21, 2012
New Orleans, LA
Booth #518

NTI 
Critical Care Nurses' National
Teaching Institute

May 23-25, 2012
Orlando, FL
Booth #2055A

EWMA 
European Wound Management
Association

May 23-25, 2012
Vienna, Austria
Booth #16

WOCN 
Wound Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society 
June 9-13
Charlotte, NC
Booth#1402 

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"[The Heelift] really takes pressure off even if the patient moves; it's easier to install. It can be used in bed or in wheelchair. The ulcer on his left heel, which was present for at least 2 months, is completely cured after 2 weeks. [The patient] now keeps the Heelift to prevent a new ulcer."
-M. Dozois
CHSLD St. Jude, Laval, QC Canada


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