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2. Pressure ulcer - Wikipedia

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   Pressure ulcers can trigger other ailments, cause considerable suffering, and can be expensive to treat. Some complications include autonomic dysreflexia, bladder distension, bone infection, pyarthrosis, sepsis, amyloidosis, anemia, urethral fistula, gangrene and very rarely malignant transformation (Marjolin's ulcer – secondary carcinomas in chronic wounds).

3. Vacuum mattress - Wikipedia

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   the team member at the legs pushes the mattress against the back of the casualty. The ground sheet helps to slide the mattress on the floor; the casualty is put on their back, overlapping the side of the mattress; the casualty is centred on the mattress; the sheet helps sliding the casualty on the mattress; the straps are tied to mould the ...

4. Bed rest - Wikipedia

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   Bed rest, also referred to as the rest-cure, is a medical treatment in which a person lies in bed for most of the time to try to cure an illness. [1] Bed rest refers to voluntarily lying in bed as a treatment and not being confined to bed because of a health impairment which physically prevents leaving bed.

5. Orthopedic mattress - Wikipedia

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   An orthopedic mattress (or orthopaedic mattress) is a mattress designed to support the joints, back and overall body. The product is informed by the medical study of orthopaedics which focuses on disorders or deformities of the spine and joints. Orthopaedic mattresses have been created to combat the problems one might experience with a bad back ...

6. Braden Scale for Predicting Pressure Ulcer Risk - Wikipedia

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   The Braden Scale for Predicting Pressure Ulcer Risk, is a tool that was developed in 1987 by Barbara Braden and Nancy Bergstrom. [1] The purpose of the scale is to help health professionals, especially nurses, assess a patient's risk of developing a pressure ulcer .

7. Mattress coil - Wikipedia

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   Mattress coils, also known as mattress springs, are coil springs used in a mattress. Coils are primarily used in the core (support layer) of innerspring mattresses , which is their original use. In recent years, small "micro-coils" are being used in the upholstery (comfort layer) of mattresses, primarily with a coil core ("coil-on-coil ...