The TruVue Heel Protector is an advanced care solution designed to effectively offload the heel, reducing the risk of pressure injuries and plantarflexion contractures. Its elongated open foot gate shields toes while allowing easy access for patient skin assessments, ensuring complete protection from heel to toe.

Features

• Flexible Straps: A customizable fit
• Anti-Rotation Wedge: Helps prevent hip and leg rotation (optional)
• Tubing Ports: Convenient placement of SCD, ICD, or NPWT tubing
• Stability Rails: Provide a secure base to help prevent hip and leg rotation
• Anti-Shear Barrier Pad: Helps prevent shearing forces on the heel during patient movement
• Open Foot Gate: Customizable to accommodate a narrow or wide foot, as well as dressing
• Anti-Foot Drop Straps: Ankle maintains neutral position to help prevent ankle contractures and foot drop
• Achilles Pad: Elevates and offloads the heel to help reduce the risk of pressure injuries on the Achilles area

Indications for Use:

• Aids in providing foot protection
• Aids in positioning the ankle in neutral
• Aids in the prevention and management of heel pressure injuries
• Aids in the prevention of hip rotation (optional wedge recommended)

Risk Assessment:

• Braden Mobility sub score of 1–3
• Braden Sensory Perception sub score of 1–3
• For patients unable to lift heel off of bed independently
• For patients unable to reposition themselves independently
• For patients with existing or a history of heel pressure injuries

Uses:

• Critical illness, e.g. ventilated, sedated, immobilized, on vasopressors
• Chronic illness, e.g. Diabetes, PVD, CAD, COPD, CHF, edema, malnutrition, frail, cachexic
• Lower extremity orthopedic trauma/ injury, e.g. hip fracture, amputation
• Altered sensory perception, e.g. CVA, sedation, neuropathy, spinal cord injury
• Impaired cognition, e.g. unable to follow self-repositioning
• During lengthy procedures, e.g. ECMO, CVVHD, CRRT, OR, EP/Cath Lab
• Critical illness, e.g. ventilated, sedated, immobilized, on vasopressors
• Lower extremity orthopedic trauma/ injury, e.g. hip fracture
• Altered sensory perception, e.g. CVA, sedation, neruopathy, spinal cord injury
• Friction at the heel when aggitated
• The opposite limb, e.g. casts, rigid splints, external fixators

Interventions:

• Remove each shift and as needed for skin assessment
• Re-adjust to ensure proper placement after repositioning patient
• Remove for chair transfers and ambulation
• Utilize tubing port to direct tubing away from patient’s skin

Contraindications: Do not use for ambulation or chair transfers