Have you had good feedback from funding sources when using the pressure mapping technology?
Answer
Yes. This serves as a very nice justification to try to gain the needed equipment. Now if you have someone who is using a general use cushion, it is not that important. However if you have a client who has severe skin breakdown, it can be very beneficial. Let's say you have a client who has had a flap surgery or has a history of skin breakdown (stage II, stage III, stage IV), this is a very nice way to show the funding source that the equipment that you are selecting will hopefully, not only promote the healing of that issue, but prevent further issues down the road. We have had a lot of good results, especially with our more involved clients, using this as a documentation tool to not only document how they currently present, but how they will present or hopefully will present on our seating system in the future.
Kirsten Davin, OTD, OTR/L, ATP, SMS
Dr. Kirsten Davin is a veteran Occupational Therapist of nearly 20 years, with extensive experience in a variety of practice settings including inpatient rehabilitation, acute care, intensive care, and the Central Illinois Regional Burn Center. Since initially obtaining her bachelor’s in occupational therapy in 2001, followed by her post-professional OT Doctorate (OTD) in 2007, Kirsten has served not only as a clinician but also in the role of a clinical consultant specializing in product design and development. Kirsten has fabricated hundreds of splints within her acute care and clinical consulting career, many of which were custom fabricated and individually designed on a case-by-case basis. Her splinting experience ranges from a standard safe position and resting hand splints to highly intricate dynamic splints for the hand, wrist, lower extremities, and cervical spine, incorporating all varieties of materials and splinting medium.
For more than a decade, she has been best known for her live, national speaking tours, which to date have reached over 20,000 therapists in 46 states. She has conducted thousands of educational events on the topics of seating/positioning, assistive technology, work-life balance, acute care/ICU rehabilitation, splint fabrication, orthotic application, and more. Dr. Davin is an engaging speaker who strives to make learning fun.
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