Tag Archives for Vascular PRN
Vascular PRN President Recognizes Deep Vein Thrombosis Awareness Month
March is Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) awareness month. Between 300,000 and 600,000 people in the U.S. are affected by DVT or pulmonary embolism (PE) each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Greg Grambor is president…
Tags: Deep Vein Thrombosis, DVT, Greg Grambor, Long Term Care Facilities, pneumatic compression devices, pulmonary embolism, vascular compression, Vascular PRN
Breakthrough Technology: Deep Vein Thrombosis Prevention Now Portable
Tampa, FL — (SBWIRE) — 01/29/2014 — A remarkable new portable vascular compression system weighs only one pound and offers a 17-hour battery life. Typically, vascular compression devices applied to prevent deep vein thrombosis (DVT) are 10- to 15-pound calibrated…
Tags: Deep Vein Thrombosis, DVT, Greg Grambor, Long Term Care Facilities, nursing homes, Triple Play, vascular compression, Vascular PRN
Nursing Home Sued After Bed Sore Leads to Leg Amputation
Tampa, FL (Law Firm Newswire) – The family of a man whose infected leg was amputated filed suit against his nursing home. John Eric Rush, 49, alleged that staff negligence led to an infected bed sore on his left heel. The…
Tags: bed sores, Deep Vein Thrombosis, Greg Grambor, SCD boots, Sequential Compression Device, Skin IQ™ coverlet, Vascular PRN
PolyGel Portable Device for DVT Therapy Helps Patients Be Compliant After Surgery
Major surgical procedures are events where medical staff must be reminded that certain patients can be at higher risk for deep vein thrombosis and venous thromboembolism. Postphlebitic syndrome and pulmonary embolisms can occur in the hours, days, and weeks after…
Tags: DVT therapy, Hospitals, nursing homes, PolyGel portable device, sequential compression devices, Vascular PRN
Long Surgeries Necessitate Better Therapeutic Surfaces for Patient Skin Integrity
A recent study in the Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses (AORN) Journal shows that patients can develop pressure ulcers when a surgery lasts more than three hours. How the patient is positioned, the table surface, and skin integrity all play…
Tags: Air Loss Mattress, Decubitis Ulcers, lymphedema pumps, Pressure Ulcers, SCD boots, sequential compression devices, Skin IQ, Vascular PRN
Big Spike in Knee Surgeries Calls for Compression Therapy Devices to Lessen Risk of Blood Clots
New statistics show a big increase in knee replacement surgery since the late 1990s. From 1997 to 2009, knee surgery increased for women ages 45 to 64 by 157 percent and men in the same range by 144 percent. The…
Tags: Compression Therapy Devices, knee replacement, Sequential Compression Device, Vascular PRN
New Approaches to Lessen Symptoms After a Blood Clot Discussed By Vascular PRN
Recent news headlines continue to show how people are affected every day by blood clots. The University of Nebraska head women’s basketball coach, leading athletes, and even teens have been the latest people to experience blood clots. Without warning, these…
Tags: compression devices, compression stockings, compression therapy, Greg Grambor, Health care professionals, nursing homes, SCD boots, sequential compression devices, surgery centers, Unna boots, Vascular PRN
New Skin IQ™ Coverlet Helps Nursing Home Administrators Cut Costs
Directors of nursing homes are preparing for big decreases in Medicare reimbursements that begin October 1. Medicare rates will lessen by 11.1 percent, which is making nursing home operators and administrators look for every opportunity to cut costs to make…
Tags: Assisted Living, nursing facility, Nursing Home Administrators, nursing home facility, nursing homes, rehabilitative care, Skilled Nursing, Skin IQ, Vascular PRN
How do you fill a prescription for “booties”?
The doc writes “compression booties” on the script. OH NO! What do you do? Where do you turn? Long Term Care facilities often struggle to fill a prescription for “booties”. Sometimes referred to as “scud boots”, (for Sequential Compression Device…
Tags: athrombic compression, compression booties, compression therapy, Deep Vein Thrombosis, Huntleigh, KCI, Kendall, Long Term Care, lymphedema, pneumatic compression therapy, scud boots, Sequential Compression Device, Vascular PRN
