Complex Wound Care Support
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WHAT IS Complex Wound Care Support?
This involves preventing and managing wounds or pressure injuries, often for participants with reduced mobility or chronic health conditions.
Skills
Knowledge
- Prepare and maintain sterile environments
- Apply dressings and monitor wound healing
- Identify signs of infection or skin breakdown
- Support use of pressure-relief equipment (e.g. lymphoedema devices)
- Record and report wound status
- Skin integrity and wound healing stages
- Pressure injury risk factors and prevention
- Use of wound care products and dressings
- Signs of infection, deterioration, or allergic reaction
- Hygiene practices specific to wound care
This support is part of Daily Personal Activities (High Intensity).
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