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We are now in the fourth month of our nation fighting the pandemic. And four months of no prevention work could lead to a lifetime legacy of ill health and worsening outcomes for many patients. 

Lockdown presented the need and opportunity for me to work differently during the Coronavirus and I’m two months into my redeployment as a community tissue viability nurse.

Patients require effective treatment and if they do not receive compression, then COVID-19 or not will not stop the deterioration.

In the initial weeks with COVID-19 I was fuelled by adrenaline but as it trickled away, the true nature of this terrible pandemic is starting to take hold.

An article originally from The Nursing Times on self-care and prevention of wounds during the coronavirus

Are you aware venous hypertension raises these same enzymes within the tissues whether you have a wound or not?