Equagel Protector Pressure Cushion with washable cover NSW Health 217B & Qld MASS

THE EQUAGEL PROTECTOR

The Protector Cushion (see other entry) As a skin protection cushion, the Protector by EquaPressureTM performs above and beyond other cushions in the market.

The Protector is 2 inches of patented EquaGelTM with a 1″ trochanter bucket sculpted in for stability and comfort followed by a 1/2″ stability foam base.

The Protector is intended for users at risk of pressure ulcers and is very comfortable. Advantages:

Traditional cushioning technologies compress under a weight load. As a load compacts a foam cushion, the foam will bottom out under the heavier and pointier parts of the body causing pressure and ischemia and putting a client at risk of developing an ulcer. The harder a foam is compressed, the harder it pushes back – the higher the pressure and the greater the risk of developing a sore. This compression strategy ultimately is attempting only to slow the development of pressure sores rather than eliminating pressure points.

Tempur-foams, while also exacerbating heat issues, are a prime example of attempting to slow pressure development rather than eliminating it.
Adjustable air systems ultimately follow the same model as foam cushions.

Once a weight is pressing onto an air chamber and the air as displaced outward to the limits of the air chamber, compression and pushing-back takes place. Adjusting the chamber with more or less to air doesn’t eliminate compression; it masks it the same as substituting harder or softer foams would. This is also true with liquid bladders, displacing air or liquid to the capacity of a chamber results in compression.

EquaGelTM, through the patented process of column buckling, allows pressure points at the ischium and coccyx to free-float down in the cushion while the weight is evenly distributed across the entire contact surface of the client.

Incontinence Concerns!

EquaGelTM is non-allergenic and can be washed simply by spraying the gel with water. For further sanitation treatments, soaps and disinfectants do not harm the gel.

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