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For skin protection ointment/cream, I use Calazime.
I also use A & D Original ointment.
When she last admitted to a SNF for rehab,She had NO pressure sores, not even pressure marks on her rear end. When she came home after about 7 weeks, she had a pressure sore a little larger than a quarter and a little deeper than 3 quarters stacked on each other. This took approximately 3 & 1/2 months of extensive care and protection from pressure to heal.
She's had a pressure sore on her heel from a hospital stay all the way back in December, and last week the dead skin finally fell off. In it's place is a horrific, 7 centimeter (2 3/4") deep hole in the bottom of her heel. I cannot imagine how this can possible heal, but the hospice nurse is doing everything she can to keep it from becoming infected.
Do everything you possibly can to prevent pressure sores. They're absolutely ghastly.
He's 6'5" tall and was NOT looking fwd to a stay in a short, hard bed.
Lo and behold, they had an XL bed with an air mattress on it that shifted 'hotspots' around. I thought it would feel weird, but he said, just BEFORE a spot became irritated or sore, the mattress would move inflation areas just enough to keep him comfy. He's kind of missing that bed and wants to look into a real high quality 'home style' bed for home.
If he can be rolled on his sides every couple of hours, for as long as possible, this will help stop and heal the sores.
I recommend colloidal silver as an anti bacterial spray, keeping him as dry as possible and Aquaphor healing ointment.
Best of luck getting this healed and finding a way to prevent them.