FEATURES & BENEFITS
Color/device visibility
Provides a kinesthetic reminder to reduce falls. Supports falls education during application
Internal ribbing
Provides impact detection of minor falls supporting on-going falls education
Protective air pocket
Does not contact wound so requires no change in current bandaging technique
Oversized air hole
Provides air circulation necessary for optimal wound healing
Circumfrencial groove/channel
Provides immobilizers stay support with force absorption softening the blow
Multi-Ridge design
Provides guidance for immobilizer stay insertion
Strap containment ridge
Applied by hospital staff using Velcro™ strap of the knee immobilizer. Post discharge can be easily attached and detached by the patient.
Rounded distal end
Encourages glancing blow upon fall
Light weight
Provides freedom of movement
Protective devices during recovery from transtibial amputation like AmpGuard™ are clinically proven to optimize patient outcomes and reduce the length of acute hospital stay.
Knee Immobilizers are routinly used to prevent Knee flexion contractures
AmpGurad attaches to each of the Immobilizer stays
AmpGurard's distal end provides protection to the residual limb and easy Access to wound for inspection
AmpGuard™
With Standard
Knee Immobilizer
Single velcro strap secures AmpGuard in place.
Amputees have the highest risk of falls
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Acute care hospital 16.5% fall during a 6-day length of stay [i]
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Inpatient rehabilitation 19 – 32% [ii] [iii]
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Community setting 42.5 – 52% [iv]
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Pre-prosthetic phase 60.9% [v]
3 – 4.5% (4,500 – 6,750) of acute hospital fallers require uncompensated revision surgery [i]
47% are revised to a higher level, reducing the patient’s life expectancy to < 5 years
Acute care hospital amputee fallers extend their length of stay by 32 uncompensated days
Injuries from falls requiring revision surgery can be eliminated with the use of a protective device such as AmpGuard™
[i] Yu JC, Lam K, Nettel-Aguirre A, Donald M, Dukelow S. Incidence and risk factors of falling in the postoperative lower limb amputee while on the surgical ward. PM R. 2010 Oct;2(10):926-34. doi: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2010.06.005. PMID: 20970762.
[ii] Vlahov D, Myers AH, al-Ibrahim MS. Epidemiology of falls among patients in a rehabilitation hospital. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 1990 Jan;71(1):8-12. PMID: 2297314.
[iii] Gooday HM, Hunter J. Preventing falls and stump injuries in lower limb amputees during inpatient rehabilitation: completion of the audit cycle. Clin Rehabil. 2004 Jun;18(4):379-90. doi: 10.1191/0269215504cr738oa. PMID: 15180121.
[iv] Miller WC, Speechley M, Deathe B. The prevalence and risk factors of falling and fear of falling among lower extremity amputees. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2001 Aug;82(8):1031-7. doi: 10.1053/apmr.2001.24295. PMID: 11494181.
[v] Vu K, Payne MWC, Hunter SW, Viana R. Risk Factors for Falls in Individuals With Lower Extremity Amputations During the Pre-Prosthetic Phase: A Retrospective Cohort Study. PM R. 2019 Aug;11(8):828-833. doi: 10.1002/pmrj.12046. Epub 2019 Apr 1. PMID: 30934158.
Falls Cost
AmpGuard™ ROI
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Hospital savings per 100 cases from reduction in uncompensated revision surgeries due to falls, a hospital acquired condition $150,000[1]
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Cost of 32 additional unreimbursed hospital day $3,025[2] x 32 days[3] = $96,800
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Hospital cost for 100 AmpGuard $24,000
ROI Calculation
$96,800 + $150,000 = $246,800 uncompensated expenses
Spend $24,000 to save $246,800
ROI = 1 : 10.28
For every $1 spent, a hospital saves $10.28 by eliminating uncompensated hospital acquired revision surgery and 32 additional uncompensated inpatient days
[1] A review of the costs of lower limb amputations in patients with diabetes in the US, Value in Health Abstract / Volume 21, Supplement 1, S73, May 2018 Nilsson A, Willis M, Neslusan.
[1] Yu JC, Lam K, Nettel-Aguirre A, Donald M, Dukelow S. Incidence and risk factors of falling in the postoperative lower limb amputee while on the surgical ward. PM R. 2010 Oct;2(10):926-34. doi: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2010.06.005. PMID: 20970762.