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WOOLPROTEC AUSTRALIAN MEDICAL SHEEPSKIN
PRESSURE ULCER PREVENTION
All patients with impaired mobility should be
considered at risk
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Give someone you care about 'the best' an Woolprotec Australian Medical Sheepskin - Australia's gift to medicine
- Decubitus Ulcers Bedsore Relief Long Term Care (young or old) Wound Management
- HIV-Aids Care
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- Aged Care Seniors Arthritis Relief Pain Relief
- Joint Stress Support
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- Wheelchair Users Recent Surgery Spinal/Back Pain
- Medical Accessories
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Surely, 'Prevention is Better than Cure'
A Woolprotec Australian Medical Sheepskin delivers preventative skincare and has long been used by healthcare professionals to address the major cause of bedsores - tissue breakdown, but also useful for all the above. Read on to see how this useful information can help you....
NOW! Available to YOU in your home at a realistic cost, easy solution to care for the ones you love.
Who recommends Woolprotec Australian Medical Sheepskin?
Let people that actually recommend them tell you:
Chiropractors, doctors, nursing homes, hospitals, nurses, people at home, home carer's grandparents seniors wheel chair users.
Does this really work? YES! & it's not a secret!
The properties of genuine Sheepskin with wool fibres still attached to tanned leather skin hold the secret to its therapeutic value. Woolprotec Australian Medical Sheepskin effectively assists the 3 main causes of tissue breakdown and aids in preventing pressure ulcers, this makes a medical sheepskin an indispensable medical accessory in a clinical or home situation.
- PRESSURE - Decubitus ulcers, Bedsores or Pressure ulcers, as the name suggests, are the direct result of pressure on delicate skin and at vulnerable points of tissue breakdown. An Australian Medical Sheepskin manufactured from quality sheepskins have a high density of soft springy wool fibres attached to tanned leather, act just like a cushion that redistributes and relieves pressure from susceptible sites. See Pressure Distribution
FRICTION - Australian Medical Sheepskin provide a plush smooth surface to reduce strain on patients frail skin thus prevents skin tissue shearing or friction at the point of contact between the patient and the support surface. Patients are easier to move and there is a significant reduction in the incidence of skin tears and pressure areas. See Wool Pile Properties
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MOISTURE - There is no substitute for a genuine Australian Medical Sheepskin in providing all round comfort, 'Wool - warm in winter, cool in summer'. These wonderful natural wool fibres are able to absorb 34% of their dry weight without ever feeling damp (copies can't compete at just 2%)and never feel too hot!
How to use Woolprotec Australian Medical Sheepskin?
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Easy, Simple, Non-intrusive and cost effective to put a genuine Australian Medical Sheepskin as direct interface between bed and patient, just like this photo, to prevent bedsores. |
What's the difference?
 Woolprotec Australian Medical Sheepskin leave all other competitors far behind. Purchase with confidence these specially tanned Green Hi-Temp Sheepskins that carry the internationally recognized Australian Standards AS 4480.1 backed by the CSIRO of Australia. These skins are specifically used in the professional hospital industry and now are being offered to you in your home at less than the wholesale price. Look for this Australian Medical Symbol permanently bonded to the leather, this is
your certificate and guarantee of quality.
Is using sheepskin a new Idea? No!
Hippocrates first recorded the therapeutic value of sheepskin, since then many in the medical field have noted its benefits for people who sleep directly on sheepskin. Extensively used in hospital healthcare of the ill, aged or injured, for wound management or after surgery for joint support and pain relief.
Beware of imitations only genuine sheepskin delivers the real benefits associated with preventive skincare and tissue breakdown.
Why try to re-invent the wheel with products and medical accessories made with imitation sheepskin, such as synthetic lambswool, machine knitted or bonded sheepskin product, rubber, plasticized or foam backed material? See 'Beware imitations'.
To realize the value and experience the true benefits of skincare YOU must buy genuine sheepskin with wool fibres still attached to tanned leather.
Don't leave this site without reading this important medical information
Does this seem too easy or simple to be true? No!
Not when you read on and see what this could mean to a patient or loved in your care OR if you have seen the excruciating pain many with long term confined illness go through when pressure ulcers (commonly known as bedsores) develop as in the case of Aids patients or any with impaired mobility. Read what doctors' say about Australian Medical Sheepskin 'Doctor's Perspective'.
Why wait till one is experiencing pain or bedsores. As we saw earlier 'Prevention is Better than Cure' and as the word prevention suggests, act now before something happens!
Now you have the information to ease the pain for some one you care about.
How can Woolprotec Australian Medical Sheepskin help me with with pain relief?
Sheepskin's dense wool fibres provide enhanced levels of comfort, for joint stress, arthritic pain and distribute even pressure for spinal/back pain. They remain soft and pliable after washing and are easily moved from bed to chair, take them away on trips, use them in your car, travel on planes or give them as gifts.
Genuine sheepskin for many patients gives a feeling of wellbeing and stress relief, in fact many patients are reluctant to part with their sheepskin, and become very attached to this portable comfort.
More information
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Although sheepskin of this high quality is rarely seen outside Australia, firm markets are now established in Europe, Japan, Asia and USA. |
Now wherever you are in the world you can purchase one of our Sheepskins online with our Secure Ordering and we will ship it to you first class airmail free, that's right no shipping charges. You buy direct from Australia and the savings are passed directly to YOU our customer, courtesy Aussie Skins Direct and our gorgeous merino aussies above.
How do I care for my sheepskin? Easy care
At Home:
- Use an approved wool detergent (enzyme free) Sheepskin Express Woolskin Shampoo. Warm machine wash on wool cycle Rinse thoroughly Normal spin-dry (fleece facing out)
- Air dry
Professional Use:
- Machine wash at up to 80C0 and dried at up to 60C0 at these high temperatures they achieve high level of disinfection that meets with hospital standards. We recommend enzyme free Sheepskin Express Woolskin Shampoo for home or professional use see products page
- See testimonial Mater Misericordiae Private Hospital
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