Re: [QUAD-L] air mattress recommendation to avoid bedsores

2016-08-14 Thread Jim Lubin
After I had my 2nd pressure wound the doctor ordered me this mattress that Medicare purchased. Invacare microAIR Alternating Pressure Low Air Loss Mattress Energy-saving 50 LPM compressor offers four treatment cycles and pressure monitoring. Product ID: MA65 HCPCS Code: E0277** HMESA CODE:

Re: [QUAD-L] air mattress recommendation to avoid bedsores

2016-08-13 Thread greg
I used one just like that for a few years, then got one that was 8 iches deep. I liked ok, but if you got a wound, you may need a thinker one, if not a sand blowing bed. You got to see a wound doc, if its more than a little sore, it will never heal until the dead stuff is cut away, and packed.

RE: [QUAD-L] air mattress recommendation to avoid bedsores

2016-08-13 Thread alcibiates2
.  Original message From: DEBRA DEW <n14...@hotmail.com> Date: 08/13/2016 3:16 PM (GMT-05:00) To: quad-list@eskimo.com Subject: [QUAD-L] air mattress recommendation to avoid bedsores I have three pressure areas on my derrière currently being bandaged. Unless I can OBTAIN AN AIR MA

[QUAD-L] air mattress recommendation to avoid bedsores

2016-08-13 Thread DEBRA DEW
I have three pressure areas on my derrière currently being bandaged. Unless I can OBTAIN AN AIR MATTRESS that will shift my body a little BY HAVING CYLINDERS IN IT THAT WILL inflate and deflate EVERY SO OFTEN i AM NOT ABLE TO GET RID OF THEM. This is going on for years now and I've ASCERTAINED