We are Pipa - a support system that focuses on looking after the welfare of patients.
read moreAs the evidence tells us...
Pressure relief mattresses don’t prevent Pressure Injuries, people do!!
To this end, we are completely turning our mattress service on its head, with a ‘blank page’ approach to how we can actually help achieve your goals, and listen to you, and your patients, and the evidence, rather than just ‘tick the box’ of providing a pressure relief mattress.
We now formally announce the exciting arrival of PIPA!
PIPA stands for Pressure Injury People Awareness.
Far more education...
educate, educate, educate. Whether this be a morning tea drop in, or messaging on the mattress cover, or a ‘monthly focus’, our team will support your champions to raise the PI avoidance profile at every touch point.
Enlist the help of the patient and loved ones!
At the end of the day, the patient is at the centre of why we are all here. So how can we engage, empower, encourage, and above all, raise awareness, not only for the hospital stay, but right through and into the community.
Pressure MAP your hospital (PMYH)!
Possibly the most exciting of the lot, we have an all new service where we support you to look at every step of the patient journey, to ensure there are no ‘chinks in the armour’ of your hospitals pressure prevention excellence! After all, no point the wards doing.
We have a comprehensive 12 month ‘theme plan’. Every month, a new theme starts, with a focus on such things as Heels, or maybe an upcoming free seminar.
The Equipment Dispensing Unit... A smart idea!
The new Dispensing Kiosk is a brilliant way of giving acute care hospitals immediate access to specialized equipment, including bariatric bundles, falls injury reducing beds, or even pressure reducing mattresses.
The kiosk is provided on free loan by Essential Helpcare and is held in a designated spot within the DHB. All the benefits of rental are included combined with the benefits of actually owning the equipment.
Items can be accessed 24/7 via a simple easy-to-use online form (built into the kiosk) which unlocks the chosen item accordingly.
PROCARE AUTO Active Pressure Relieving Mattress
The Procare Auto mattress includes all the latest and best technology for alternating air mattresses. As a clinically proven product that achieves the ‘Very High risk’ category (or suited to a patient risk of 20+ on Waterlow), the Procare Auto has the ability to self-set to ensure it provides optimum pressure relief and comfort for the patient. The unique ‘Heel Care Zone’ allows the air cells in the heel section to be completely deflated in order to ‘Off Load’ the pressure to the patients heel. A well thought out mattress that combines clinical success with patient comfort and acceptance.
