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Comfort & Compliance in Pressure Injury Prevention

HeelP.O.D. is a unique pressure offloading device that ensures full heel access and visualization, allowing continuous use during wound debridement, dressing changes, and skin assessments. It effectively offloads or “floats” the foot while streamlining application and removal, saving valuable time in patient care.

Simple Securement
Single strap design provides a one & done solution for the caregiver.
Clear Confidence

Open-air design provides visual assurance of offloading and convenient access to the foot for skin checks, dressing changes, debridement, and range of motion therapy.

Comfort & Compliance

Memory foams conforms the natural contour of the leg for optimal fit, maximum pressure redistribution, and continuous offloading of bony prominences with immersion & envelopment technology.

Hygienic Heel Protection

4-way stretch material is crevice-free & fluid resistant for easy cleaning and disinfecting.

Efficiency & Time-Saving

HeelP.O.D. streamlines patient care by taking 87.5% less time to apply and 57.5% less time to remove.

Feel the HeelP.O.D. Difference

“The HeelP.O.D. allows for easier access to do assessments. They are also significantly easier to put on patients.” — ICU, RN

“Easier and faster to assess patients feet/ankles.” — ICU, RN

Design Advantages: Open-Air vs. Enclosed Devices

The Pressure Injury Problem

The National Pressure Injury Advisory Panel (NPIAP) defines a pressure injury as an area of localized tissue damage affecting the skin and subcutaneous tissue owing to pressure, shear, friction or a combination of these factors. Pressure injuries in the lower extremities, particularly on the heel, pose a significant risk for hospitalized patients.

These wounds cause pain, potential infection risk and increased workload for hospital staff. Pressure injury prevention is often routinized but care may also be tailored based on patient risk. Consequently, it is paramount for hospitals to have effective offloading solutions that work for all risk levels to help mitigate onset of pressure injuries in their facility.

Heel HAPIs

are the 2nd most common hospital-acquired pressure injury

$22 to $47k

is the average cost to treat stage 1-4 pressure injuries

2.5M

patients per year develop a pressure injury

Let’s Make Prevention the Priority

While critical care patients continue to develop pressure injuries at higher rates than other hospitalized patients, the potential risk factors that confort these compromised patients are also greater. The lack of proper offloading/floating can result in hospital-acquired pressure injuries (HAPIs); which can occur in as little as 2 hours. The importance of proper and confident heel offloading if crucial to promoting positive patient outcomes.

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