
Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) is a blood clot, usually in a vein in the lower leg, that can cause severe breathing problems or death if it travels to your lungs.
Need for Prevention at Home
Many factors determine your risk for DVT, but studies show you’re at highest risk five to 10 days after surgery.2 With today’s shorter hospital stays, that’s most likely when you’re recovering at home, away from the watchful eye of your health care providers. Therefore, it’s vital that life-saving DVT prevention doesn’t end at the time of discharge after surgery — but continues at home throughout your most vulnerable days. Your physician can prescribe DVT prevention that you can use at home, including both mechanical and pharmacological prophylaxis.
Warning Signs
Signs of DVT
- Pain or tenderness in an extremity of groin
- Sudden swelling of the leg
- Noticeably warm skin
- Change in the color of the leg
Signs of Related Pulmonary Embolism (PE)
- Shortness of breath
- Chest pain while breathing
- Rapid pulse
- Coughing with blood
- Unexplained anxiety
- Sweating
- Shortness of breath
- Chest pain while breathing
- Rapid pulse
- Coughing with blood
- Unexplained anxiety
- Sweating
If you suspect you have DVT, call your surgeon or healthcare provider immediately. If you suspect you have a PE, call 911 or have someone take you to an emergency room.

DVT AFFECTS OVER
2 MILLION AMERICANS
EACH YEAR
Mechanical Vs. Pharmacological
Your physician can prescribe prophylaxis — a preventive action taken against DVT — in different ways. Mechanical prophylaxis uses intermittent compression on the lower legs to stimulate blood flow and prevent DVT. It is safe and effective, with no side effects.3 In addition, Compression Solutions has made this type of treatment easy for patients to use at home, with our compact and portable Triple Play VT®.
Pharmacological prophylaxis works to prevent DVT through anticoagulant medicines. Though effective, these can cause adverse side effects such as the risk of bleeding complications. Several studies show positive results from using both mechanical and pharmacological prophylaxis to prevent DVT. In fact, combining compression therapy with medications cuts DVT risk by 75%.4

MEDS + COMPRESSION TREATMENT
CUTS DVT RISK BY 75%
Risk Assessment
Hospital Re-admissions
When a patient must be readmitted to the hospital because of post-surgical DVT, the results can be devastating for everyone involved. Fact is, nearly 50 percent of all DVT cases happen after a patient is discharged.5 Triple Play VT® reduces this risk to patients — and their providers — by decreasing the likelihood of life-threatening, post-surgical DVT during the vulnerable first week after discharge. Designed to promote the continuum of care from the hospital to home after surgery, Triple Play VT is compact, portable and easy for patients to use. The result is greater compliance, positive patient experiences and better outcomes.
Never Events
Medical errors that should not happen are called “never events.” They not only harm patients, but hospitals as well, resulting in costly fines or loss of reimbursement. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services have deemed DVT a never event. Still, DVT/VTE is the leading cause of preventable hospital deaths.6 Research shows 2 in 100 patients admitted to a hospital dies because of pulmonary embolism (PE), which is a result of DVT.7 Hospitals and surgical centers can affordably prevent life-threatening DVT never events with Triple Play VT® from Compression Solutions. Using DVT prophylaxis will reduce the incidence of DVT never events during the post-operative period by two-thirds.8

YOUR DVT RISK IS GREATEST
5-10 DAYS AFTER SURGERY
Cost to Prevent vs. Treat
As with most other diseases, preventing DVT is substantially less expensive than treating its consequences. The cost to diagnose and treat DVT and its effects in the United States is estimated to be as much as $23.8 billion per year.9 According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), DVT treatment costs an average of $50,937 per patient.
HCAHPS Scores
At Compression Solutions, we understand the importance of creating positive patient outcomes — and experiences. That’s why we designed the Triple Play VT® to be compact, portable and easy to use at home — where DVT strikes the most. Small enough to fit in the palm of your hand and weighing just a pound, Triple Play VT is battery operated to maximize patient mobility. The result is better compliance and patient experiences, which can translate to more positive Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) scores.