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Pressure injuries are serious and often cause
life-threatening complications for people who spend extended time in a
wheelchair. Pressure injuries
are also extremely expensive to treat. For people with paralysis or
decreased sensation, prevention as a daily act of life is especially
important because tissue damage will begin without pain or other
warning signs. Pressure sores are a silent killer of around 60,000
people each year. about 1/5K is a fraction this site intends to reduce.
Traditional wheelchair cushions, including
OHO and many gel cushions can provide valuable pressure redistribution
for comfort. These examples, however,
are static cushions.
None of these actively change where pressure is being applied
like
does, While a person remains seated,
regardless of how comfortable, static
cushions only make a user more
comfortable while pressure begins to damage them.Pressure-relief techniques, such as weight
shifts and pressure checks, are intended to reduce the amount of time
tissue is subjected to continuous pressure and decreased blood flow.
Unfortunately, people with significant paralysis, weakness, cognitive
impairment, or other disabilities may not perform these pressure-relief
techniques consistently or effectively. The
cushion actively shifts where pressure is born. Safely...Set it
and forget it. If you forget to check your sitting, sleeping patient
for two hours, an invisible pressure injury on the bone side of the
compressed column of compressed flesh IS DAMAGED. Sorry health care or
elder care professionals, there is no MIGHT cause, CAN cause, or OFTEN
causes. Unmitigated pressure WILL ALWAYS CAUSE PRESSURE INJURIES. These
injuries often heal without anything but normalized blood flow. NOBODY
can notice the build up of scar tissue without a careful MRI because
injuries begin on the flesh touching the bone. Still, this when this
invisible injury heals, the healed scar tissue has less blood veins to
block than healthy skin. After a series o,f accidentally being left
immobile, pressure injuries are more common and take less time to kill
tissue. This snowballing of pressure injuries will lead to life
altering or life ending injury. This well known and obvious fact is
often ignored or even argued against in order to minimize caregiver
liability. This obvious fact can't be tested because allowing pressure
injuries to begin in order to test when precisely the bone side flesh
dies is an experiment ONLY Mr Saucily would conduct.Honorable scientific studies have
proven dynamic
alternating-pressure wheelchair cushions are the ONLY cushions a
wheelchair user or Medicaid should consider buying to protect the
immobile. If the sitter is static
and the cushion is static,
THIS WILL cause tissue distress. No
MIGHT cause, CAN cause, or OFTEN causes, just CAUSES. Sit
in a OHO or any other static
cushion you find without moving for 2
hours and you are ALREADY injured even if the skin looks normal.
I have used many different wheelchair
cushions, including OHO, Aquila, and
.
I am paralyzed from the mid-back down and do not feel pain in my bottom
and cannot depend on discomfort to warn me when tissue is being
damaged. My severe traumatic brain injury and high-frequency hearing
loss has created additional challenges when using the quiet Aquila
cushion.For a long time, (years) I used an Aquila
alternating-pressure cushion. When it was functioning properly and used
as intended, it provided effective pressure relief for me.
Unfortunately, I had difficulty hearing its low-battery alarm because
of the high frequency. I asked Aquila if the alarm could be changed to
a lower-pitch or be supplemented with a vibration warning or an pap
modification. This modification was not provided and my insistence
offended Aquila. Eventually, the problems begun while using the Aquila
cushion contributed to circumstances that permanently limited the
amount of time I can safely remain seated. FOR LIFE! My allowed seated
time is now 4 hrs and 4 hrs does not even near what
will safely allow. Sitting on an
a pressure injury I had slowly healed. Yes; my pressure injury might
have healed quicker had I had remained bed bound like my doctor
suggested. Thar
allowed me to attend my daughter's Masters Degree Graduation.This
experience changed the way I look at wheelchair seating and customer service and how
these interact and can cancel out.
(A good cushion paired with NO customer service and lottery award
pricing=UNACCEPTABLE) Go ahead, buy an Aquila to go with your Mercedes.
That fits.
A static cushion may redistribute pressure
very well, but an
alternating-pressure cushion actively changes the areas of the body
that are bearing pressure by moving almost constantly. For someone who
cannot reliably perform independent weight shifts, (like a
sleeping nursing home resident) that difference can be life
saving and prevent lawsuits that will damage the facility.
Pressure of bones against the skin will damage the bone side column of
flesh long before there is even a red mark on the skin to warn
caregivers.In my experience,
and Aquila are the clear leaders among the tiny number of wheelchair
cushions that provide active pressure relief. I have used both. I
believe
offers a particularly promising approach, while Aquila was also
effective for me when it was functioning and being used correctly. Had
there been a more apparent warning of battery failure my debilitating
sore would not have occurred. Had I known of
sooner, I would not be limited to 4 hrs up today!No cushion should claim or be described as
completely eliminating every possible pressure injury. Pressure
injuries have many contributing factors including moisture, friction,
shear, nutrition, circulation, illness, equipment problems, and
improper positioning. However, I strongly believe the
active pressure-relieving wheelchair technology will play a major role
in preventing injuries caused by prolonged sitting. Senators and
Congressmen should help Medicare take notice of
NOW and save taxpayers millions every few months from now on. There is
no longer any reason for getting pressure wounds caused by sitting too
long and not moving.
is like the cure has been discovered. is
too timid in marketing or were for a long time.The mission of this website is to help other
wheelchair users across America learn an
solution exists and redefines the new minimum standard of care as an .
This is not like nature's cure for cancer being suppressed to
support large pharmaceutical donors to Senators and Reps in
Congress. These active cushions will be expensive, and
insurance or Medicaid might initially deny coverage. If someone has a
medical need for an alternating-pressure wheelchair cushion and their
doctor is willing to document that need, an appeal will succeed for
.
Less than $3/day will save thousands of lives and millions of dollars. is
a good fiscal solution and will save taxpayers money. Only those who
desire to seek pity for the effects of extended seating will not bar
using an
after reading this because a free 30 day test period applies.I have spent 23years living with these
extended seating issues and have firsthand experience with MANY
different cushions. If you are trying to obtain necessary
pressure-relief seating and receive a denial, I am willing to
share what I have learned about the appeal process for your
purchase. I could do the same for an
Aquila and have done this for
myself but won't. Your appeal attorney will charge enough to buy three
cushions and maybe even as much as Aquila charged me but probably not.People who must spend all of their day(s)
seated deserve access to the best technology that does more than simply
make being injured more comfortable. Paraplegics deserve equipment
designed to protect their skin, tissue, independence, and quality of
life.
is the best solution you will find. I looked for 23 years and Medicaid
spent
almost a million dollars or more. I spent years in bed and now am
limited to 4 hours
seated at a time, Still
lets me live as well as possible.
did not pay me to say this and will be more carefully with wording.
They
are just the best. There are a few another less expensive active air
cushions
that can be used to prevent pressure injuries but these are all from
China and are various static
air cushions modified and redeployed as alternating air cushions using
the very
same Chinese air pump wrapped for different "branding". These are still
expensive {but 1/3rd }.
I used them to replace my Aquila for years. These were too loud for use
as a
school teacher but I still keep several on hand for emergencies.
I
don't expect to need them except to help design the next lower cost,
yet still safe and domestically produced
line of cushions. They have already included my suggested altertion on
the next cushion or may even add it now as an add on.will pay me a commission if you follow the link
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