What is a Pressure Ulcer or Bed Sore? When sleeping on a conventional mattress, there are pressure-points on or near the bony prominences of the body including the scapula (shoulder blades), sacral prominence (tailbone), trocanter (hips), heels and even ears. Continuous pressure on the skin is one factor in the development of a bed sore or pressure ulcer. Other factors include: lack of mobility, poor blood circulation and inadequate nutrition.

Prevention of bed sores is far less costly than treatment.

The cost of a pressure-relieving mattress in hospitals and long-term care facilities can range from $4,000 - $100,000. Many of these products are cost-prohibitive for hospitals to purchase and they therefore are rented on a daily basis.

The average cost for treating a single pressure ulcer is approximately $50,000. This cost includes; nursing time, medicines, wound care, surgery and rehab. Billions of dollars are spent every year treating pressure ulcers by healthcare systems worldwide.

Tempur-Pedic® mattresses aid in the prevention and healing of bed sores.

Fagerdala (Tempur-Pedic Inc.) recognized the “prevention gap” and set out to develop a cost-effective pressure-relieving surface that would aid in the prevention of ulcers and provide hospitals the opportunity to purchase rather than rent.

Swedish scientists spent a decade and millions of dollars in research to develop the material now known as TEMPUR®. TEMPUR moulds to your body and displaces your weight, providing total body support and effectively lowering pressure on the skin.

Today, Tempur-Pedic® products are endorsed by over 30,000 medical professionals in recognition of its proven unique properties that offer prevention therapy, pain relief and superior comfort.

Hospital trials performed worldwide have also proven that people suffering from back pain and other ailments, experienced tremendous pain-relief when using a Tempur-Pedic mattress.

“Considering that, prevention of disease is far more economical than the treatment; we are convinced that our medium to high-risk clients for the development of pressure sores can definitely benefit from the use of the TEMPUR-Med® mattress.”

Ginette Lalonde
Head Nurse, New Products
Veteran Affairs Canada

A natural evolution to the retail market.

The same pressure on the skin which can cause pressure ulcers for immobile patients, can cause the average individual to toss and turn during the night. Pressure on the skin causes pain and since the majority of us do not need assistance to move, we toss and turn to relieve the pressure.

The Tempur-Pedic® mattress was tested at the Institution for Clinical and Physiological Research in Gothenburg, Sweden and it was demonstrated that sleeping subjects turned on average 17 times on a Tempur-Pedic mattress, versus 80-100 times on a conventional spring mattress. Conclusion…a more restful, more comfortable nights sleep!

Testimonials:

“We are using the TEMPUR-Med mattresses as a preventative tool for patients which, after an operation, have epidural anesthesia for a few days. Due to the Epidural anesthesia, these patients felt no pain, and therefore, felt no need to move. As a result many of these patients being in poor physical condition would develop sores on the heels and the coccyx. Since we started using your mattress, only one pressure sore has been reported.”

~Lise Racette-Christin
Specialized Care Consultant
Centre Hospitailler Régional De Leneudière~

“The clinical trial was conclusive for all of the residents. The pressure ulcers resolved, improved or remained stable. All residents were unanimous with regard to the comfort quality of the TEMPUR-Med mattress.”

~Ginnette Brisebois,
Occupation Therapist
Résidence Foyer du Bonheur~

“You know after surgery, there are both a physical and an emotional part to being healthy again, and the thing that I craved the most was a good nights sleep. The life saving component was leaving the hospital that day with the word TEMPUR in my head – from the surgeon and going and buying this thing, because I was going out of my mind, not being able to sleep. Now, it’s gone from being a life-saver to a life style.”

~Howard Shore
Transformed TEMPUR Customer~

“I have been working with physically disabled people for 28 years and I have seen a lot of gadgets…but, to my surprise, this time we really have a product that improves the quality of life for people using wheelchairs. The two main advantages noticed…are the comfort (no pressure points) and the pleasant temperature that is maintained…All in all, this is a product that can meet the needs of athletes in wheelchairs and that will become, I hope, the standard for all men and women who spend their lives in a wheelchair.”

~Jean Lemonde
Director General of the
Richelieu-Yamaska Regional
Association of Leisure Activities
For Handicapped People Inc.~