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 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 5 Air bed application in cardiovascular medicine [Keywords:] air bed, cardiovascular medicine, the application Pressure ulcers is prolonged pressure on parts of the body tissues, causing local tissue blood flow obstacle, tissue nutritional deficiencies, loss of normal function of the skin, causing local tissue damage and necrosis [1]. Cardiovascular critically wounded, most of them require absolute or bedridden easy to make the skin under pressure for too long, which lead to bedsores. Therefore, the clinical application of air cushion bed of great significance. the last two years, our department used the anti-decubitus air bed, a total of 64 patients, the results are satisfactory, are as follows. 1 Clinical data The group of 64 patients, 51 males and 13 females, aged 26 to 78 years. 12 patients with acute myocardial infarction, 19 cases of severe viral myocarditis, acute left ventricular dysfunction in 14 cases, 9 patients with dilated cardiomyopathy, chronic lung pulmonale in 10 cases, length of hospital stay from 6 to 48 days, an average of 26 days. In addition to pressure ulcers comes with 2 cases, the remaining cases had no bed sores, and even air-bed hospital (from the air, connecting tubes and pump parts 3. 2 Methods 2.1 Principles of bedsore prevention and control air bed First, the use of air cushion bed body pressure dispersion principle parts of the skin makes the bone Long pressure reduced local blood supply to avoid adverse physical, and secondly, the jet can be maintained with continued dry skin. 2.2 The use of air bed Air bed should be checked before operation, air pump and guide the functional status of gas pipeline, some of the air bed marked “THIS SIDE UP” shop in the bed, the air cushion between the patient’s body shop and a bed sheet or thin blanket, into the air bed air intake at the end of the bed were placed end feet to avoid the noise impact flow in patients with rest. winter use can be adde