SCI Patient Education Pamphlets

 

Staying Healthy after a Spinal Cord Injury*

• Pain and SCI
• Depression and SCI
• Taking Care of Pressure Sores
• Maintaining Healthy Skin (Part I)
• Maintaining Healthy Skin (Part II)
• Taking Care of Your Bowels: The Basics
• Taking Care of Your Bowels: Ensuring Success
• Bladder Management
• Urinary Tract Infections: Intermittent Catheterization
• Urinary Tract Infections: Indwelling (Foley) Catheter

*The Staying Healthy after a Spinal Cord Injury series was developed by the Northwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury System.

Spinal Cord Injury Model Systems Consumer Information**

The titles below link to the printer-friendly PDF versions of the pamphlets. For the Web versions, go to http://msktc.washington.edu/sci/factsheets/index.asp.

• Skin Care and Pressure Sores
  • Part 1: Causes and Risks of Pressure Sores
    
  • Part 2: Preventing Pressure Sores
    Supplements:
    • - How to do Pressure Reliefs (Weight Shifts)
      - Building Skin Tolerance for Pressure
      - Areas of the Body at High Risk for Pressure Sores
      
  • Part 3: Recognizing and Treating Pressure Sores
    Supplement:
    • - Stages of Pressure Sores: Illustrations

**The Spinal Cord Injury Model Systems Consumer Information series was developed by the Model System Knowledge Translation Center in collaboration with the SCI Model Systems.

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