Science Basics: Pressure

Introduction

Pressure Ulcer

Measurement

Blood Pressure

Units

Boyle's Law

Activity

Assessment

Resources

Feedback

Activity

There are some factors that put patients more at risk from pressure ulcers.

From the list of factors across the page which ones do you think are risk factors for developing pressure alcers?

Drag the factors you think put a patient at risk from pressure ulcers onto the image of the patient and see if you are correct.

Once you've got them all right you may want to think of ways of reducing the pressure against the skin of an at risk patient. Follow up your ideas using the websites in the resources section.