Introduction to wound assessment and documentation
Accurate wound assessment is essential to the
appropriate and realistic planning of goals and interventions for patients with
wounds. Clear, logical,
systematic assessment of the wound and the wound bed, followed by communication
and concise documentation is
essential.
Agenda
- Purpose of Wound Assessment
- How to Perfom a Wound Assessment
- Patient Factors
- Type of Wound
- Position / Location of Wound
- Wound Dimensions
- Undermining
- Exudate
- Wound Bed Assessment
- Wound Edge
- Periwound Skin
- Pain
- Presence of Infection
- Treatment Plan
Pre-requisites
- Basic factual and theoretical knowledge of wound care
What you will learn
- Outline why wound assessment is needed
- Explain the need to document the wound
assessment - Provide examples of the criteria to assess/document
- Show how to measure wound dimensions and why
this is important - Appreciate that wound assessment should be a
continual process and done at every visit/dressing change
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*This Smith+Nephew Medical Education eLearning content is accredited by the RCS (Royal College of Surgeons of England) as part of the centre accreditation. You will receive a certificate of attendance upon full completion of the module.
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Royal College of Surgeons of England*
*This Smith+Nephew Medical Education eLearning content is accredited by the RCS (Royal College of Surgeons of England) as part of the centre accreditation. You will receive a certificate of attendance upon full completion of the module.
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