pressure ulcers
Immobility skin wounds
Pressure ulcers are wounds that develop when sustained pressure cuts off blood flow to skin and underlying tissue, typically over bony areas like heels, hips, and the tailbone.
They affect people who cannot easily shift position—bedridden patients, wheelchair users.
Also called bedsores or decubitus ulcers.
The nursing home was cited for failing to prevent pressure ulcers.
- bedsoresPressure-caused skin lesions
- decubitusPosition of lying down
- bed restPrescribed period of lying down
- nursing homeLong-term eldercare residence
- long term careOngoing health and daily support
mattress · back · debridement · necrosis · stage four · turn · repositioning · wound care · sacrum · ischemia · heel · offloading · shear force · tissue damage · eschar · open wound · reepithelialization · skin grafting
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Severs or reduces
lacerations · burns · chemical burns · thermal burns · gunshot wounds
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