Introduction
This interactive educational content introduces the learner to pressure injuries, how pressure injuries occur, risk factors for pressure injuries, risk assessment and preventative skin care, nutrition, paying special attention to heels, and medical device related pressure injuries.
Pre-requisites
None
What you will learn
- Explain pressure injuries and their impact
- List complications associated with hospital acquired pressure injuries
- Identify factors causing pressure injury development
- Describe risk assessment tools
- Describe heel pressure injuries
- Identify prevention and treatment measures for heel pressure injuries
- Explain preventive measures for medical device-related pressure injuries
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Accreditations
Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCS Eng)
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Royal College of Surgeons of England*
*This Smith+Nephew Medical Education eLearning content is accredited by the RCS (Royal College of Surgeons of England) as part of the centre accreditation. You will receive a certificate of attendance upon full completion of the module.
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