Healing the Miseducation About Pressure Injuries and Chronic Wounds

My great aunt was a career US Air Force nurse who served during World War II. I was in medical school when I encountered my first patient with a pressure injury, and I have a vivid memory of her reaction when I told her about it. She was quite literally shocked, sharing that it would have been scandalous if an injured airman or soldier developed a pressure injury. She said it would have been considered a failure of care. Because most pressure injuries today occur in older adults who often are frail, have multiple chronic conditions and limited mobility, that viewpoint has evolved, and I while I don ’t believe most experts would say that all pressure injuries are unavoidable, it’s fair to say that with appropriate care, many are preventable.
Source: Clinics in Geriatric Medicine - Category: Geriatrics Authors: Tags: Foreword Source Type: research