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Pressure Management

Systematic Reviews

  1. Support surfaces for pressure ulcer prevention (Cochrane Review)
  2. Support Surfaces for Treating Pressure Ulcers (Cochrane Review)
  3. Risk Assessment Tools for the Prevention of Pressure Ulcers (Cochrane Review)
  4. Cochrane Wounds Group Reviews (Cochrane Review)

Guidelines

  1. National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel
  2. Tissue Viability Online - NHS Quality Tools
  3. AHRQ- Search HSTAT for all of the words "pressure ulcer clinical guideline" and select number 3
  4. European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel - Pressure Ulcer Prevention Guidelines
  5. European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel - Pressure Ulcer Treatment Guidelines
  6. Search HubMed for Pressure Sore Practice Guidelines
  7. Search National Guideline Clearinghouse for Pressure Sore

Learning Resources

  1. Pressure Ulcer Training Modules,  National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators Website (US)

General Information

  1. Skin & Wound Resources, CL'cK - Connecting Learners with Knowledge
  2. Pressure Mapping Wiki

Organizations

  1. National Decubitis Foundation
  2. Austrailian Wound Management Association
  3. American Academy of Wound Management
  4. National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel
  5. World Wide Wounds
  6. Wound Healing Society

Manufacturers Pressure Mapping Systems

  1. Pressure Profile Systems, Inc.
  2. Cleveland Medical Devices
  3. FSA
  4. Novel
  5. Tekscan
  6. Vista Medical
  7. Xsensor
Last Updated: Jan 11, 2012