Understanding occipital pressure sores in UK military casualties: a pilot study in healthy military personnel
Panagiotis Chatzistergos, T E Scott, M Thorburn, N Chockalingam · 2023
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British military casualties in Afghanistan often developed pressure sores at the back of the head while lying on the standard service stretcher. Panagiotis Chatzistergos and co-authors, in a 2024 paper, asked a simple question: how long can a healthy person lie still on that stretcher before the back of the head starts to hurt? Pain is not injury, but it offers a first guide where no guideline existed. Twenty-six healthy service members lay motionless until pain or discomfort stopped the test.
Twenty of them first felt pressure pain at the back of the head, after about thirty-one minutes on average. The rest stopped for aches from the awkward position itself. Women were more sensitive to pain, but the time until head pain was similar for both sexes. The authors suggest repositioning patients who cannot move themselves well before the half hour mark.
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| CREATOR | Panagiotis Chatzistergos, T E Scott, M Thorburn, N Chockalingam |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 25 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |