WOUND MANAGEMENT 109 - SKIN AND WOUND INSPECTION AND ASSESSMENT

Course overview

*Differentiate between skin inspection and assessment *List 6 factors to consider when assessing darkly pigmented skin *Distinguish between wound assessment and evaluation of healing *Define partial-thickness and full-thickness tissue loss *Compare and contrast a normal and an abnormal finding for each wound assessment parameter *Describe how to measure the length, width, depth tunneling and undermining of a wound