BursaMed Shear and Friction Relieving Dressings: ideal for pressure ulcers

BursaMed Testimonials (click to open and close)

“I am a CWOCN working in home care in an urban part of Iowa. We had an elderly man with a long history of paraplegia develop a reopened stage 4 pressure ulcer. This gentleman has had numerous pressure ulcer issues and has bilateral ischiectomies and coccygectomy due to osteomyelitis. He has also had his maximum amount of muscle flaps. He has limited resources and support. On 4/2/07 we admitted him to homecare with an ulcer at the (R) ischium: 6.5 x 6.5 x 2cm, wound bed filled with slough. He was on a low air loss bed and had a ROHO in his wheelchair. His time in the wheelchair was limited to 1 hr 2-3x/d. He actually spent most of his time in bed, off the ulcer. By late November the ulcer was completely debrided using alginate and transparent dressing and measured 6.5 x 2 x 2cm. We continued the same treatment and by 9/20/07 the opening was .1 x .7 x .1cm. It had copious drainage. Checked for undermining and found he had undermining circumferentially from 1 to 5.5cm. The wound was too small to add treatment to the undermining. Since undermining is caused by friction and shearing, he was taught on positioning to reduce friction and shearing. He was variably compliant with this. We decided to change the transparent covering the alginate to Bursamed to help decrease friction. 10/18/07 the wound was .1 x .6 x .1cm. The undermining was confined to the 9 o’clock to 12 o’clock position and was only .5 – 2cm. As of 11/29/07 the wound was completely healed. This is the first dressing I have found that truly makes a difference in the problems with friction and shearing issues. Patients report great comfort when the friction is reduced by the Bursamed dressing.”
Liz, BSN, RN, CWOCN

“I have been using BursaMed since September 2005...I have now expanded the use to patients with non-infected partial thickness ulcers and have had success in closing the wound with the use of topical cleansing and the application of BursaMed to reduce shear forces from the wound. It is simple for patients to apply and keeps the wound clean and moist with a sterile barrier.”
Arnold, DPM

“Within three weeks the ulcer on my heel showed significant improvement and was measurably reduced by size and depth.”
Ross (Patient), Chicago, IL
Patient received wound care treatment for 6 weeks with minimal improvement until he used BursaMed

“Patient started on Iodoflex™ under BursaMed on 11/6/08. Stage 2 heel pressure ulcer [was] 0.2x0.9x0.6 cm. Two weeks later [pressure ulcer was] 0.1x0.6x0.3 cm. Switched to Dermagran® under BursaMed, changing dressing three times weekly. Patient was healed by 12/4/08. This was an elderly patient with compromised circulation! Healed in 4 weeks!”
Donna Steff