Inoperable Hip – HeelAHip®

Inoperable Hip Support

PRA Medical’s Heel-A-Hip® 9 inch support pillow offers low-density, soft foam positioner that can comfort, protect, and stabilize the Lower extremities as well as facilitate turning for non-operative hip management. Heel-A-Hip® narrow stabilizes and prevents heel pressure for supine, lying patients.

Although surgery is typically the best method of treatment for hip fractures, some indications for the non-surgical options are:

Patients who present late with a fracture that has begun to heal or are moribund
Lack prospects for any functional recovery and inability to reach post op rehabilitation goals, including Alzheimer patients
Those who simply refuse surgery
Patients with an operative risk, many of whom have multiple comorbidities that may place them at elevated risk for postoperative complications

Nonsurgical Care Plan and Treatment Options for Hip Fractures

Activity modification
Non-weight bearing on the affected hip for six weeks or more
Electronic and Ultrasonic bone stimulation
Physical therapy
Pain medication
Heel-A-Hip® Narrow

Conservative versus operative treatment for hip fractures in adults

Conservative versus operative treatment for hip fractures in adults – Handoll, HHG – 2008 | Cochrane Library

About This Site

PRA Medical Systems is committed to the development of innovative pressure management products.

We combine clinical outcomes and strategic solutions to enhance patient care by addressing PREVENTABLE conditions associated with Hip surgery.

Approximately 600,000 hip replacements are performed annually in the United States.
Prior to Heel A Hip, one must rely on nurses to continuously offload the heels with pillows or heel boots.

Heel ulcers are the second most common location for pressure ulcers.

Pressure ulcers are particularly prevalent in surgical patients.

Pillows and heel boots are incompatible with the abductor wedge as demonstrated by the 91% incidence of developing FAPU (facility acquired pressure ulcers) on the heels with Braden scores of 15-18.

Heel boots may hyperextend the popliteal vein leading to venous pooling.

Pillows are challenging to maintain proper placement and consistency, in addition to high nursing demands.

Heel ulcers are costly and if not treated properly may lead to cellulites and or osteomyelitis. Both have the potential to cause sepsis and death.

Pressure Ulcers as a secondary diagnosis have increased 212,000 since 1993. 1 in 8 admissions ended in death.

Now, Heel-A-Hip protects your patient’s heels from bed sores while providing leg abduction. PRA Medical Systems will DECREASE the national pressure ulcer rate, healthcare costs, and litigation associated with high risk patients undergoing Hip surgery.