Avoiding deep tissue injuries on heel
Author and researcher Dr. Rhonda Sullivan shares her research on how to avoid deep tissue injuries on heels and treating them. She also talks about how heel pressure injuries impact the patients' and caregivers' quality of life.
Dr. Rhonda Sullivan is a published author, researcher, and a national speaker on wound care matters with a particular focus on deep tissue pressure injury and pressure injury prevention and management.
She is currently employed as a Quality and Safety Clinical Specialist with Mölnlycke. In this role, she serves as clinical support to healthcare organisations seeking to improve patient outcomes by facilitating best practice in the prevention of hospital-acquired pressure injuries, caregiver injury, and neurodevelopmental injuries in neonates.
EXPERTISE
Knowledge
Randomised Control Trial
February 13, 2020
Preventing pressure ulcers with Mepilex Border Sacrum and Mepilex Border Heel
Watch Dr. Jan Kottner discuss the 1st European RCT (Randomised Control Trial) demonstrating pressure ulcer prevention with Mepilex® Border Sacrum and Mepilex® Border Heel dressings — significantly reducing the risk of developing pressure ulcers compared to no dressing .
Expert interview
March 18, 2020
Importance of evidence based decision making from a procurement perspective
Watch Dr. Paulo Alves as he explains the importance of basing your purchasing decisions on evidences.
Expert talks
May 27, 2020
Reducing the burden of pressure ulcers
Watch Professor Amit Gefen, Professor of Biomedical Engineering talk about Reducing the burden of pressure ulcers from a bioengineering perspective - during the European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (EPUAP) symposium on September 2019.
