Kyoto Kagaku's latest medical trainer, the Pressure Sores Simulator, allows for a wide range of training scenarios in decubitus care skills training.
With its realistic reproduction of human tissue, it allows for an accurate training environment in the prevention, treatment, cleansing and dressing of pressure ulcers.
What skills can be learned when using the pressure sores trainer?
- Assessment of pressure sores - palpation of the wound
- Assessment of deep tissue by ultrasound (edema in the sciatic area)
- Ultrasound assessment of sciatic area
- Wound cleaning - debridement of necrotic tissue
- Wound treatment - application of topical medication
- Negative-pressure wound therapy (NPWT)
Kyoto Kagaku's latest medical trainer, the Pressure Sores Simulator, allows for a wide range of training scenarios in decubitus care skills training.
With its realistic reproduction of human tissue, it allows for an accurate training environment in the prevention, treatment, cleansing and dressing of pressure ulcers.
What skills can be learned when using the pressure sores trainer?
- Assessment of pressure sores - palpation of the wound
- Assessment of deep tissue by ultrasound (edema in the sciatic area)
- Ultrasound assessment of sciatic area
- Wound cleaning - debridement of necrotic tissue
- Wound treatment - application of topical medication
- Negative-pressure wound therapy (NPWT)
- Wound dressing
The full trainer comes with a variety of wound pads for training of multiple scenarios, these include:
- Replicated stages of sacral pressure ulcers
- Stage II - Partial thickness loss of dermis
- Stage III - Full thickness skin loss
- Stage IV with granulation - Exposure of muscle, tendons and bone
- Stage IV with pocket - Exposure of muscle, tendons and bone
- Black necrotic tissue
- Ischial pressure sore - Full thickness tissue, loss with exposed bone
- Greater trochater pressure sore - Full thickness skin loss
- also includes two echo pads, one with edema, and one normal
