Hello, I'd appreciate some advice as dad has developed a pressure sore in the past few days.
Dad was knocked out with a chest infection this last week and he barely moved for 2-3 days. We tried to adjust his position as much as poss but he would end up back in the same way himself. He's immobile in that he's in bed/sits in a chair and has never had a pressure sore before as he can still shuffle his own position quite a lot usually. It's just when he was ill he wouldn't move.
It was red for a couple of days and we put Cavillon on. Yesterday night we noticed the skin looked a little broken. Maybe like a blister (but not pus-filled.) He hasn't got a temperature or anything and is really bright again after his chest infection.
I was just wondering what we could do - at what stage do we ask a doctor or nurse to look at it? We're just covering it in cavillon and we've put a pillow under that hip (it's more to the side as when he was ill he'd turn to one side).
(And why does dad always get ill on the weekends when there aren't regular docs to ask?!!? haha.)
Thank you.x
Dad was knocked out with a chest infection this last week and he barely moved for 2-3 days. We tried to adjust his position as much as poss but he would end up back in the same way himself. He's immobile in that he's in bed/sits in a chair and has never had a pressure sore before as he can still shuffle his own position quite a lot usually. It's just when he was ill he wouldn't move.
It was red for a couple of days and we put Cavillon on. Yesterday night we noticed the skin looked a little broken. Maybe like a blister (but not pus-filled.) He hasn't got a temperature or anything and is really bright again after his chest infection.
I was just wondering what we could do - at what stage do we ask a doctor or nurse to look at it? We're just covering it in cavillon and we've put a pillow under that hip (it's more to the side as when he was ill he'd turn to one side).
(And why does dad always get ill on the weekends when there aren't regular docs to ask?!!? haha.)
Thank you.x