Air Mattress For Pressure Ulcer Prevention

Joerns prevamatt defend pressure relief mattress.

Air mattress for pressure ulcer prevention.

The prevamatt is a foam mattress that features a unique open cell composition that allows for increased airflow while also ensuring patient safety through the application of built in sidewalls. Studies of the effectiveness of alternating pressure air mattresses apams for the prevention of pressure ulcers are scarce and in conflict. 2 an incidence study 3 reported 62 5 of patients. And non powered reactive foam surfaces are in widespread clinical use e g used by 48 of people at high risk.

This has potential implications since popular pressure ulcer prevention guidelines currently recommend the use of a high specification foam mattress or foam theatre mattress i e. Our aim was to compare axtair one an alternating pressure air mattress apam with a viscoelastic foam mattress vfm in elderly patients at moderate to high risk of developing pressure ulcers pus. Air mattress for hospital bed or home bed includes electric quiet air pump medical air mattress low air loss mattress inflatable comfortable pads prevents treat pressure wounds sore ulcer 4 5 out of 5 stars 270. Non powered reactive foam surfaces in our review for hospitalised adults at high risk 1 53.

Evaluating whether an apam is more or equally effective as the standard prevention. A case study by schank 1 reported 2 patients died 6 weeks and 5 months respectively after developing kennedy terminal ulcers a type of pu and a prevalence study 2 noted 55 7 of people who developed pus died within 6 weeks. Premier active mattress may be used in prevention of high risk patients and has the possibility of reducing the dependency on alternating systems. Effectiveness and comfort of apams were the main focuses of the studies evaluating apams.

A randomised controlled superiority parallel group open label multicentre study was conducted between february 2012 and march 2015 in nine french medium and long. Alternating pressure mattress medical air mattress with inflatable pad electric pump system for ulcer bedsore prevention and pressure sore treatment fits standard hospital beds 4 5 out of 5 stars 562. Patients admitted to 19 surgical internal or geriatric wards in seven belgian. Gray et al 2008 studied 100patients on the softform premier active mattresses versus a standard air mattress on pressure ulcer incidence in two elderly care wards.

Pressure ulcer incidence contact interface pressure. Alternating pressure air mattresses as prevention for pressure ulcers. One rct compared a standard hospital mattress with an apam and found that the apam was a more effective preventive measure.