Wound Care

Pressure Ulcer Assessment and Management Principles 95
Slide hand (palm up and fingers flat) under support surface, just under
pressure point. Do not flex fingers.
With good support, the patient’s bony prominence cannot be felt with
flat hand when the patient is in a “worst-case” position (i.e. head of
bed is elevated 30°, patient is side-lying on greater trochanter, etc.).
Copyright, 1989. Used with permission of Gaymar Industries, Inc.
Figure 3–9 Checking for pressure points.
INTERNET RESOURCES
• European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel provides information
on how countries in Europe manage pressure
ulcers as well as European research on the subject.
—http://www.epuap.org/
• University of Southern California/Rancho Pressure Ulcer
Prevention Project provides information on rehabilitation,
spinal cord injury, and paraplegia/quadriplegia
including graphics of pressure ulcers.
—http://www.usc.edu/programs/pups/articles-in-depth/stagesof-pressure-ulcers.html