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Prevention and care of pressure sores

DURATION: From Half day

TARGET PARTICIPANT GROUP

The course is designed both for care and senior staff, within any organisation, who care for clients who are susceptible to or have pressure sores.

SYNOPSIS

The course will explore and extend participants' knowledge about this topic: the forms it can take, promoting absence of pressure sores, be aware of risks, various explanations for it's occurrence and possible outcomes and response options. Participants will go on to look at their own presentation when pressure sores are evident.

AIM

The aim of the course is to provide participants with the opportunity to examine the wider issues of prevention and care of pressure areas.

OBJECTIVES

Having completed the course, participants will/should be able to :

1.Understand prevention of pressure areas

2.Identify good pressure area care

3.How to record care the management of pressure area care
4.How to respond to indicators of pressure area problems