Pressure Ulcers

Offloading is a cornerstone of pressure injury (PI) prevention. Certain patient populations, conditions, and environmental or institutional factors pose challenges to effective offloading that provide...

By Cheryl Carver, LPN, WCC, CWCA, FACCWS, DAPWCA, CLTC I am very passionate about wound care, but pressure injury (pressure ulcer) prevention and awareness is at the top of my list for many reasons...

By Cheryl Carver, LPN, WCC, CWCA, FACCWS, DAPWCA, CLTC If you could trade places with one person for one day, who would it be? Your first thought may be an Olympian, celebrity, or even a superhero....

Ulcers in the lower extremities are more common in patients older than 65. Ulcerative wound types include venous, arterial, diabetic neuropathic, and pressure. To identify ulcer types, these wounds sh...

In this interview, Kelly McFee, DNP, FNP-C, CWS, CWCN-AP, FACCWS, DAPWCA discusses what equipment may cause device-related pressure injury (DRPI), primary factors for DRPI development, prevention meth...

By Holly Hovan MSN, APRN, CWOCN-AP Friction and shear… what’s the difference and how do they cause pressure injuries? Are wounds caused by friction and shear classified as pressure injuries? What’s...

By Mary Ellen Posthauer RDN, CD, LD, FAND The NPUAP/EPUAP Pressure Ulcer Prevention and Treatment Guidelines published in 2009 have been widely circulated around the globe and translated into 17 la...

Picture this: you've been seeing a patient in your wound center for the last several months to treat a slowly healing post-operative abdominal wound. The wound has been gradually responding to an asso...

By the WoundSource Editors Decubitus ulcers are an open skin wound sometimes known as a pressure ulcer, bed sore, or pressure sore. A decubitus ulcer forms where the pressure from body the body's w...