Pressure ulcer prevention webinar for HCPs to raise awareness on Global Stop Pressure Ulcer Day

For Global Stop Pressure Ulcer Day 2022 (17 November), Permobil is holding a webinar to raise awareness regarding impact and strategies for prevention of pressure ulcers in the seated position.

The webinar is aimed at professionals, such as clinicians and assistive technology providers, as well as wheelchair users, family, and caregivers.

Every year, the European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (EPUAP) holds the Stop Pressure Ulcer Day on the third Thursday in November to help raise awareness of pressure ulcers.

Around the globe, companies get involved with Global Stop Pressure Ulcer Day by hosting educational activities on prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers, organising awareness-raising events to share information about pressure ulcers, reaching out to the local community to inform them about pressure ulcers, and, overall, make policymakers aware about pressure ulcers.

The EPUAP applauds the efforts of events that help introduce the problematic of pressure ulcers to the public, the professionals, and politicians.

Permobil’s upcoming webinar will provide a short overview of the classification and aetiology of pressure ulcers, before looking into the current clinical practice guidelines (CPG) and implications for practice, along with discussing the limitations of the current CPG and existing evidence-based knowledge to counter.

The webinar will be held at multiple times on Thursday 17 November. The first takes place at 10.30am-11.30am, then 12pm-1pm, and finally 3pm-4pm. Register for free here.

Due to the need to remain in a seated position, wheelchair users are considered to be at much higher risk for the development of pressure ulcers than the non-disabled population, according to the NHS. Pressure ulcers tend to affect people with health conditions that make it difficult to move, especially those confined to lying in a bed or sitting for prolonged periods of time.

In addition, the NHS says that pressure ulcers usually affect people confined to bed or who sit in a chair or wheelchair for long periods of time. While the National Library of Medicine states that pressure ulcers can be difficult to heal and are prone to infection and other complications. When these wounds occur among wheelchair users, bed rest is considered important to relieve pressure on part of the body that bear weight in a seated position.