Optimising outcomes in complex wounds with a muscle pump activation device.
This article explores the integration of a muscle pump activation (MPA) device (the geko® device) into University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire community wound healing team's (CWHT's) wound care treatment model as an adjunctive intervention for complex and non-healing wounds. The CWHT speciali...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Community Nursing Vol. 40; no. 1; pp. 40 - 47 |
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| Formato: | case study critical path pictorial tables/charts Journal Article |
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Wound Care People Limited
Feb/Mar2026
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