Pressure Area Care

 

Who should attend:

Any healthcare professionals who are likely to come across patients with pressure area wounds within the course of their duties.

 

Course benefits:

This course will give delegates training on different types of pressure wounds (ulcers), how to recognize, understand and treat them.

 

Additional information:

 

 

Certification:

All candidates who participate to the required level will receive a certificate of attendance from Essential Training

 

Contents:

Skin

• Healthy skin

• Parts of the skin

• Underlying organs

 

Defining a wound

• Primary intention wound

• Secondary intention wound

• What is a pressure sore?

• What is a leg ulcer?

 

What’s happening under the surface?

• Pressure sores

• Leg ulcers

• Venous leg ulcers

• Arterial leg ulcers

• Diabetic ulcers

 

How to recognise the development of a pressure sore

 

People who have a high risk of developing pressure sores

 

How to prevent pressure sores

• Skin inspection

 

Four stages of severity of pressure sores

• Stage one

• Stage two

• Stage three

• Stage four

 

How do I treat …

• Pressure sores

• Leg ulcers

• Venous ulcers

• Arterial ulcers

• Diabetic ulcers

 

What do I use to cover this wound?

• Dry and moist healing

• What dressing do I choose

 

Pressure relieving mattresses

 

Cushions