Pressure Injuries: Opportunity Hiding in Plain Sight
Pressure Injuries are common in Critical Care
Critical Care Patients
up to 14.3% prevalence
ECMO Patients
up to 30% prevalence
Pressure injuries have been shown to impact key Hospital performance metrics
Mortality
Increased Mortality likelihood by 275%
55% with PIs vs. 20% without
Discharge Disposition
Worsen Discharge Disposition by 336%
54.5% go to SNF/LTAC with PI vs. 16.2% without
Length of Stay
Increase per patient Length of Stay by 254%
12.7 days with PIs vs. 5 days without
Introducing Vasotactic™ technology
We at TurnCare developed a patented Vasotactic™ technology, which provides precise, anatomy-specific therapy.
Our Vasotactic™ support therapy prevents vessels in the sacral region from becoming compressed, thereby avoiding circulatory breakdown and pressure injuries
Vasotactic™ works in all positions to enable improved pulmonary health with no trade-off to circulatory health.
A Different Approach
Geometry
Support surface that knows bony prominence location
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Algorithm
Non-repeating therapy algorithm that gives sacral vessels time to spring back to shape
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Precision
Adapts uniquely to each patient and underlying surface in real time
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