Pressure Ulcers

By the WoundSource Editors Pressure injuries represent a great challenge in patient care, as well as a significant burden on the health care system. This burden is likely to continue to increase as...

By Cheryl Carver, LPN, WCC, CWCA, FACCWS, DAPWCA, CLTC In my role as a consultant and educator, I thought it would be interesting to acquire a handful of perspectives from wound care providers who ...

By Cheryl Carver LPN, WCC, CWCA, CWCP, FACCWS, DAPWCA, CLTC Incorrect staging of pressure injuries can cause many types of repercussions. Incorrect documentation can also be worse than no documenta...

By Lindsay D. Andronaco RN, BSN, CWCN, WOC, DAPWCA, FAACWS Part 2 in a series on skin failure For Part 1, Click Here In March of 1989 the National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (NPUAP) convened...

By Cheryl Carver, LPN, WCC, CWCA, FACCWS, DAPWCA, CLTC A long-term care facility is paid thousands of dollars monthly to take care of our loved ones. This should assure us to feel a healthy sense o...

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...