Gradient compression stockings : Eastern Zone
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams36650
Nova Scotia Health Authority. Eastern Zone. Occupational Therapy.
Halifax, NS:
Nova Scotia Health Authority
, 2022.
- Pamphlet Number
- 2055
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
Gradient compression stockings help return blood to your heart by compressing (squeezing) your leg muscles. This gently squeezes your veins and helps to push your blood in the right direction. This pamphlet explains why you need a prescription to get gradient compression stockings, when to put on your compression stocking(s) each day, how to take care of your stocking(s), and when to replace them. Other things you can do to help your condition are listed.
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
- Corporate Author
- Nova Scotia Health Authority. Eastern Zone. Occupational Therapy
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
- Date of Publication
- 2022
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document ([4] p.) : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Stockings, Compression
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Antiembolism stockings
- Specialty
- Physiotherapy & Rehabilitation
- Abstract
- Gradient compression stockings help return blood to your heart by compressing (squeezing) your leg muscles. This gently squeezes your veins and helps to push your blood in the right direction. This pamphlet explains why you need a prescription to get gradient compression stockings, when to put on your compression stocking(s) each day, how to take care of your stocking(s), and when to replace them. Other things you can do to help your condition are listed.
- Notes
- Previous title: Gradient compression stockings
- Responsibility
- Prepared by: Occupational Therapy, Eastern Zone
- Pamphlet Number
- 2055
