Long-Term Acute Hospitals have a licensure and payment schedule that allows for the comprehensive care of patients with serious decubitus ulcers. “Any person with a hospital or nursing home acquired decubitus ulcers require skilled physicians and facilities with the scope of services to save them with myocutaneous flaps but also the scope of services [...]

Decubitus ulcer patients require absolute and reliable pressure relief that can only be provided by a bed that utilizes air-fluidized therapy. “The Clinitron bed is the only reliable surface to allow for pressure relief for patients with pressure ulcers, burns, and medically frail patients who cannot be repositioned because of pain or other medical [...]

Decubitus ulcers are rarely unavoidable and for that reason are classified as ‘Never Events’ by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services because they are preventable by basic nursing care that can be provided with adequate resource allocation at hospitals and nursing homes”, says Greg Vigna, MD, JD, national malpractice attorney and wound care [...]

Debilitated patients with necrotic decubitus ulcers require an aggressive debridement by a plastic surgeon or general surgeon. “Debilitated patients with necrotic decubitus ulcers require an aggressive debridement by a plastic surgeon or general surgeon who intends to have the wound ready for surgical closure in the future. The standard of care is to have [...]

Residents of nursing homes that have a higher concentration of Hispanic residents are more likely to have a pressure ulcer. “Decubitus ulcers are classified as ‘Never Events’ by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services because they are preventable by basic nursing care. Mexican Americans have nearly twice the risk of being admitted to [...]