Reduce the Pressure

Why are we so concerned about pressure injuries?

• A common cause of hospitalisation: Once they go home after rehab, most SCI patients would rather they never had to visit hospital again. However 39% of patients who are re-hospitalised in the first year after SCI are admitted for pressure injuries.
• Increased care needs: Having pressure injuries likely means you require extra help with your personal care. This means patients can go from mostly or completely independent to needing a lot of help and losing that independence.
• Expense: about 25% of the total lifetime cost of medical care for a person with SCI is related to pressure injuries. SCI is an expensive situation and that cost needs to be reduced where possible.
• Personal cost: Pressure injuries have a dramatic impact on the life of a person with SCI and have multiple negative consequences. Loss of income, increased care costs, loss of usual activities and sources of life satisfaction are just some of the personal costs.
• Death: About 7-8% of deaths in the SCI population are related to a pressure injuries, and most likely result from sepsis, an infection that spreads through the body in the blood and tissues.

Find out more here- Reduce the Pressure Study