VACOcast & VACOpedes Diabetic: Evidence-based offloading for the diabetic foot by OPED

► All VACOcast Diabetic Videos: https://goo.gl/wDtTPz ► ☑ Viewed? ☐ Liked? ☐ Subscribed? ► Optimized Care for the Diabetic Foot. Further information: http://vacocastdiabetic.com/ If, much like the majority, you believe the 1st line recommended offloading of DFU’s is a difficult and time-consuming process. I’m here to tell you that this is no longer the case. Evidence based guidelines provided by organisations such as the International working group on the Diabetic foot, suggest that first line offloading should be achieved through TCC or the use of a knee high non-removable walker. If recommendations are put into daily practice, this will result in faster healing times and less amputations. And it will significantly reduce healing times, costs and patient visits. However, TCCs are not always practicable, time consuming and need training and re-training, why easier, but less effective methods are used. In many of the hospitals and clinics I visit, the use of felt padding is still a front-line choice. While quick and easy, this method does not provide adequate offloading. As we all know the most expensive wound to treat is the one that does not heal. By following Offloading guidelines, DFU’s can heal faster with better outcomes resulting in a happier patient with a better quality of life. VACOcast Diabetic is the only knee high non-removable walker using total contact technology. Inside the boot, beads are taking the shape of the foot anatomy, offloading forces. With a Vacuum, the beads harden and stay in shape, as stable as a cast, which can be re-adjusted within second with each application. This total-contact technology is provenly as effective as TCC, but faster and easier to apply and adopt in daily routine. So, VACOcast Diabetic combines efficacy of the total contact cast with the ease of application, which is less than 5 minutes and can be fitted even by the patient. Improved offloading will lead to faster healing times and hence significant savings of clinician time and costs. However, should you have a patient who is unable to tolerate a knee-high boot, we also offer the VACOpedes; an ankle high version that offers the same innovative total contact technique in a smaller package. It can be used as a step-down from the knee-high boot as treatment progresses. VACOcast diabetic and VACOpedes diabetic with total-contact technology can be made readily available at the point of care and is also available through prescriptions. Improved offloading will be a game changer in your healing rates, that’s what all scientific data show. Take action now and contact us. We are happy to help you implementing evidence based offloading into your daily practice. Pressure Relief – for the Patient, the Doctor and the Nursing Staff VACOcast Diabetic Advantages at a Glance ● Excellent pressure distribution due vacuum technology ● Successful wound healing due to excellent pressure relief ● Possibility of lockable clasp for a better compliance control ● Easy wound inspection simplifies treatment ● Rocker sole for good pressure distribution, safe and physiological gait ● Removable sole for better hygiene ● Traceability by serial number simplifies logistic processes ● Toe clap for protection and hygiene ● Shapeable foam insole for additional offloading ● Changeable liners for hygiene and comfort ● Cast stable. Replaces cast and walker (All-in-One Product) ● Adaptable. 3 sizes only (saves storage space) VACOcast Diabetic Indications ● Diabetic Foot Syndrome ● Ulcerations on the foot ● Post-operative care after toe and forefoot amputations ● Diabetic neuroosteoarthropathy ● DNOAP and charcot foot Vacuum Technology VACO12 technology is the core technology of the VACO Products. A cushion filled with thousands of styrofoam pearls is surrounding the injured body parts. By the perfectly round shape of the pearls they can absorb 12 times the pressure each. When air is extracted from the cushion by using a pump, the body shaped cushion becomes hard (as a cast does), just in a few seconds. By opening the valve and letting air flowing inside the cushion, it becomes soft again and can be re-adjusted to the body part. Hence the Vacuum Technology avoids pressure to the body site and provides stability due to a perfectly shaped orthosis at any time. We wish a speedy recovery. ········································­­·······································­·­···· «OPED INTERNATIONAL» OPED International Homepage: http://oped-international.com/ «OPED UNITED KINGDOM» OPED UK Homepage: http://www.oped-uk.com «OPED AUSTRALIA» OPED Australia Homepage: http://www.oped.com.au/ «OPED SWITZERLAND» OPED AG Homepage: http://oped.ch/ «OPED GERMANY» OPED GmbH Homepage: http://oped.de OPED GmbH Youtube:    / medizinpark   OPED GmbH Facebook:   / oped.deutschland