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Tissue Viability: Stop the pressure! Episode 2 Skin Assessment
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Intended audience groups: All
Group 1: Unpaid carers*, paid carers, volunteers, people living with conditions and personal assistants of care when funding may be used from personal health budgets for continuous healthcare.
Group 2: Basic awareness for all front line staff in all health and social care environments, (residential, domiciliary, nursing and community), including volunteers, people living with conditions and personal assistants of care when funding may be used from personal health budgets for continuous healthcare.
Group 3: More in-depth learning for registered and unregistered front line staff in all health and social care environments (residential, domiciliary, nursing and community), including where relevant primary care. These courses are available to personal assistants of care where funding may be used from personal health budgets for continuous healthcare.
Group 4: Community Nurses, Advanced Health Practitioners, Practice Nurses and Registered Nurses in nursing homes (clinical registered staff).
Group 5: Registered managers, Line Managers, Team Leaders, those responsible for the learning and development of their staff.
Episode 2 of the 6 things you need to know about pressure ulcer prevention.
This course is for anyone involved in caring for someone with or who is at risk of developing a pressure sore.
The aim of this session:
- What is a pressure ulcer?
- What is non blanchable erythema?
- Purple skin may be ulcers not bruises
- Understand the difference
- What is a Suspected Deep Tissue Injury (SDTI)?
- Apples and Pressure Ulcers – what is the link?
