Airways and Injuries : Protecting Our Pediatric Patients from Respiratory Device-Related Pressure Injuries - 15/12/17
, Molly Stetzer, RN, BSN, CWOCN b, Melissa Garcia, RN, MSN, ACCNS-P c, Judith J. Stellar, RN, MSN, CRNP, PPCNP-BC, CWOCN dRésumé |
Pressure injury prevention is required in all health care environments. Respiratory technology includes invasive and noninvasive positive pressure ventilation methods of support and life-saving equipment. Pressure injury can occur from tracheostomy tubes and their securement devices, or use of noninvasive positive pressure ventilation interfaces or the head gear. Methods instituted to decrease hospital-acquired pressure injury related to noninvasive positive pressure ventilation and tracheostomy securement devices are discussed.
Le texte complet de cet article est disponible en PDF.Keywords : Tracheostomy ties, Tracheostomy securement devices, Noninvasive ventilation (NIPPV), Pressure ulcer medical device, Hospital-acquired pressure injury (HAPI), Pressure injury prevention, Incidence tracking
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| All authors certify that they have no financial or commercial conflict of interest associated with the subject matter written about in this article. All authors also have no funding sources outside of their place of employment. |
Vol 29 - N° 2
P. 187-204 - juin 2017 Retour au numéro
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