Mizuho OSI Exhibitor CE Program - Pressure, Shear, and Friction, Oh My! Mapping for Pressure Injury Prevention
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Surgical patients are immobile and unable to indicate points of pressure or pain, so clinicians are unable to provide needed relief. The lack of injury on a patient’s skin within the perioperative units does not ensure that tissue damage has not occurred. Instant and visual feedback for quality patient positioning and pressure distribution in the OR may provide valuable insight into tissue tolerance.
In this session, you will learn the role of pressure, shear, and friction in the development of pressure injuries. Pressure mapping can help identify and visualize, in real time, interface pressure between the patient and support surface, as well as cumulative pressure exposure over time. This presentation will describe a comprehensive risk assessment throughout the three perioperative phases of care (pre, intra, and post). The Munro Scale as a standardized and dynamic risk assessment will be discussed.
After this session you will be able to:
- Identify the characteristics of pressure, shear, and friction and the impact on pressure injury development.
- Discuss how pressure mapping is a decision support resource and intervention for pressure injury abatement.
- Describe two perioperative risk factors and the phases of care in which to assess them.
