As we age, our level of mobility and overall health can increase the risk of pressure injuries. With the right knowledge, the risk of sustaining pressure injuries can be minimized.
By signing up to the Pressure Injury Guide, you will receive helpful tips and resources to prevent and treat pressure injuries and have the option to receive emails from Spinal Cord Injury Ontario. The skin check infographic was created by a team of inpatient clinicians at The Ottawa Hospital Rehabilitation Centre alongside people with lived experience at SCIO.
Learn about preventing and treating pressure injuries – a guide for people using wheelchairs for daily mobility.
Learn to do a full body skin check with step-by-step instructions
Just say “Yes! Sign me up!” and you can improve accessibility in Ontario and help us serve, support and advocate for and with people with spinal cord injury and other disabilities.
There really is strength in numbers.
