EHOB Blog
Because Risk Has No Boundaries
Preventing Pressure Injuries Across the Continuum of Care Exemplary patient care is the cornerstone of the healthcare industry. And leaving vulnerable patients without adequate pressure injury prevention conflicts directly with this ideal. Continuum of care–what is it, exactly? In the healthcare setting, continuum of care is simply a delivery of care over a period of…
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Navigating the Safe Patient Handling Movement
A call to protect frontline healthcare workers from frequent injury spurred the safe patient handling movement. Learn about tools and policies to protect clinicians. Safe Patient Handling (SPH). What is it? As the name suggests, Safe patient handling is the process of using assistive devices to ensure patients can be mobilized safely but also exists…
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Will the Real DTI, Please Stand Up?
Deep Tissue Injury (DTI). What, exactly, is it? DTI is typically described as a localized discoloration of intact skin or a blood-filled blister with soft tissue damage from pressure and/or shear. Deep Tissue Injury (DTI). What, exactly, is it? DTI is typically described as a localized discoloration of intact skin or a blood-filled blister with…
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How Do We Love Thee? Let Us Count the Ways!
Recognizing and Celebrating the Contributions of the WOC Nurse Picking the top ten reasons why we love nurses was tough, but we gave it the old college try! For the most part, it’s widely known that doctors have specialties. But how about nurses? To the layperson, all nurses provide patient care. Period. This, of course,…
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What’s in a Name? A Lot, Apparently!
The Humble Beginning of the EHOB WAFFLE Thirty-five years ago, in a cabin in the woods… sounds like the beginning of a fairy tale, but it was literally where the WAFFLE story began Thirty-five years ago, in a cabin in the woods… sounds like the beginning of a fairy tale, but it was literally where…
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What happens when the skin fails?
Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome (MODS) in the Acute Care Patient MODS is the physiologic abnormality involving two or more organ systems simultaneously. Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome is the physiologic abnormality involving two or more organ systems simultaneously. It’s a process, rather than a single event, and is categorized as a dysfunction because of its potential…
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At the Heart of the Problem
Cardiac Patients at High Risk for Pressure Injury Development Pressure injuries can occur following surgery. One study estimated the incidence rate to be around 15%. But in the post-cardiac population, that percentage doubled to nearly 30% According to the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, approximately 24,000 cardiac surgeries were performed monthly in 2019. That’s nearly 300,000…
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Covid Schmovid – OR is Open for Business
Preventing Pressure Injuries in the Perioperative Setting There was an alarming 48% decrease in surgeries when the country first shut down in March of 2020, that phase only lasted seven weeks. Seven weeks. A lot has been written, reported, tweeted, and posted about COVID-19, and one common thread has been the drastic decrease and near…
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