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Pressure care basics for wheelchair users
Tissue is damaged when pressure, shear, and moisture combine over time. Wheelchair users often load weight through a small seat surface. Reduced sensation, poor nutrition, incontinence, spasms, or repeated micro-slides on transfers increase risk. Prevention is cheaper and kinder than wound management.
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Tissue is damaged when pressure, shear, and moisture combine over time. Wheelchair users often load weight through a small seat surface. Reduced sensation, poor nutrition, incontinence, spasms, or repeated micro-slides on transfers increase risk. Prevention is cheaper and kinder than wound management.
- Use a mirror or phone camera for areas…
- Look for persistent redness that does not fade…
- Note creases in clothing, badly fitted belts, or…
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- 1Use a mirror or phone camera for areas you cannot see, or ask a…
- 2Look for persistent redness that does not fade after pressure relief, warmth, broken skin,…
- 3Note creases in clothing, badly fitted belts, or seams that press on one spot
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Tissue is damaged when pressure, shear, and moisture combine over time. Wheelchair users often load weight through a small seat surface. Reduced sensation, poor nutrition, incontinence, spasms, or repeated…
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Tissue is damaged when pressure, shear, and moisture combine over time. Wheelchair users often load weight through a small seat surface. Reduced sensation, poor nutrition, incontinence, spasms, or repeated micro-slides on transfers increase risk. Prevention is cheaper and kinder than wound management.
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Tissue is damaged when pressure, shear, and moisture combine over time. Wheelchair users often load weight through a small seat surface. Reduced sensation, poor nutrition, incontinence, spasms, or repeated…
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- Use a mirror or phone camera for areas you cannot see, or ask a trusted person with clear privacy boundaries.
- Look for persistent redness that does not fade after pressure relief, warmth, broken skin, or blisters.
- Note creases in clothing, badly fitted belts, or seams that press on one spot.
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At a glance
- Tissue is damaged when pressure, shear, and moisture combine over time. Wheelchair users often load weight through a small seat surface.…
- Use a mirror or phone camera for areas you cannot see, or ask a trusted person with clear privacy boundaries.
- Look for persistent redness that does not fade after pressure relief, warmth, broken skin, or blisters.
- Evidence that helps: Use a mirror or phone camera for areas you cannot see, or…
- Avoid: Use a mirror or phone camera for areas you cannot see, or…
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