As a clinician, have you ever had the experience of rolling a patient on to their side only to find their back is warm and sweaty without any indication of sweating elsewhere? Here is some insight into why this may have happened.

Like most of the United States, it seems that summer came early and with a vengeance. All states are experiencing excessively high temperatures, and the humidity has been extremely high. In my hometown of Jacksonville, the weather correspondents refer to the “humiditure”, what the air feels like with the high temperature and humidity combined.

pressure, friction, shear, moisture, and tissue deformation. Pressure injuries develop over time, they do not appear on the skin instantaneously instead there is a sequential and gradual deterioration of cell structures which are subjected to bodyweight

AirPal Air Assisted Transfer in action With the AirPal® air-assisted patient transfer system, you can transfer patients from one surface to another and reposition within the bed safely, comfortably and efficiently.

Air-assisted lateral transfer devices such as AirPal are designed to assist with the transfer of patients who are unable to independently move from one surface to another and reposition within the bed.