Wound Care and Tissue Viability Training
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17 Chapters
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Wound Care and Tissue Viability Training

This module aims to provide you with standard principles and best practice guidelines in relation to wound care and tissue viability. It is important to remember that local policies and guidance should always be followed and all staff have a duty to be aware of, and comply with, their organisation's requirements.
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Wound Care and Tissue Viability Training
17 Chapters
1 Hours
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About The Course

This module aims to provide you with standard principles and best practice guidelines in relation to wound care and tissue viability. It is important to remember that local policies and guidance should always be followed and all staff have a duty to be aware of, and comply with, their organisation's requirements.

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Learning Outcomes
  • Define ‘tissue viability’
  • Discuss what is meant by ‘wound’
  • Describe the structure and function of the skin
  • Apply the principles of wound assessment to assess a virtual wound
  • Understand how tissue damage can be categorised
  • List the symptoms of a pressure ulcer
  • Understand how pressure ulcers occur and how to prevent them
  • Discuss how wounds other than pressure ulcers are managed
  • Appreciate the wound healing process
  • Know how to document wound care and preventative interventions administered to service users
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Course Modules
Chapter 1 The Underlying Cause Of The Wound Informs Treatment
Chapter 2 References
Chapter 3 Summary
Chapter 4 Documentation and Record Keeping
Chapter 5 Wound Management and Multidisciplinary Team Support
Chapter 6 Pressure Injuries
Chapter 7 Classifying Tissue Damage
Chapter 8 Applying the Principles of Wound Assessment
Chapter 9 Assessment Must be Ongoing
Chapter 10 Introduction to Wound Care and Tissue Viability
Chapter 11 Remember To Measure The Wound
Chapter 12 Assess the Wound Bed
Chapter 13 If Appropriate, Use Wound Assessment Tools
Chapter 14 See The Person As A Whole. Looking At The Bigger Picture
Chapter 15 Wound Assessment Principles
Chapter 16 What is a 'Wound'?
Chapter 17 Anatomy and Physiology of the Skin
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