Air Support Systems for the Prevention of Bed Sores

Scales, J. T.

doi:10.1007/978-1-349-02492-6_34

J. T. Scales

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Two air support systems have been developed. One, the High Air Loss Bed System (HALBS), has been used for the treatment of major burn injury. From this has been evolved the Low Air Loss Bed System (LALBS), in which the patient is supported on air but with an intervening water vapour per mable membrane. The LALBS is described. This system has been in clinical use since 1991, first at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore, and more recently at the Regional Burns Unit, Mount Vernon Hospital, Northwood. Four beds are now in use in each of the hospitals. A case history of a patient suffering from multiple sclerosis and nursed on a LALBS is detailed. The indications for the use of the LALBS, both for the prevention and treatment of pressure sores, are given.

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Scales, J.T. (1976). Air Support Systems for the Prevention of Bed Sores. In: Kenedi, R.M., Cowden, J.M. (eds) Bed Sore Biomechanics. Strathclyde Bioengineering Seminars. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-02492-6_34

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