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Empowering Movement: Improving Outcomes with an Integrated Approach to Pressure Ulcer/Injury Prevention


Pressure ulcer or pressure injury affects thousands of lives and is a major for any healthcare providers. With an increasing complexity posed by the COVID-19, on patients and residents and new guidelines released, Arjo is welcoming you to join Jacqui Fletcher OBE - Independent Wound Care Consultant,  to explore ways to prevent pressure injury.
As a part of the session, the following areas will be covered: 

  • New perspectives on pressure ulcer/injury development and the damage cascade

  • Leading factors which predispose the individual to the risk of pressure ulcer/injury development 

  • New perspectives in early risk assessment, detection & intervention 

  • The role of mobilization and the importance of moving patients appropriately to prevent pressure injury

Presenter

Jacqui Fletcher OBE

RN, MSc, PGC (Ed) BSc (Hons) FHEASenior Nurse AdvisorIndependent Wound Care Consultant