Foundations of Best Practice for Skin and Wound Management
Wounds Canada provides best practice online information that supports the application of the evidence for all wound types. They are the most popular resources used by frontline clinicians, students and policy makers. Health care professionals are guided through a step by step process addressing the assessment and interventions of causative and co-factors that may interfere with skin integrity or affect wound healing.
They have been developed by the best experts on each topic identifying prevention and management strategies as described in the research with the format based on the Wound Prevention and Management Cycle.
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Skin: Anatomy, Physiology and Wound Healing
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Chapter 2: Best Practice Recommendations for the Prevention and Management of Wounds
- Chapter 3: Best Practice Recommendations for the Prevention and Management of Pressure Injuries
- Chapter 4: Best Practice Recommendations for the Prevention and Management of Skin Tears
- Chapter 5: Best Practice Recommendations for the Prevention and Management of Surgical Wound Complications
- Chapter 6: Best Practice Recommendations for the Prevention and Management of Diabetic Foot Ulcers
- Chapter 7: Best Practice Recommendations for the Prevention and Management of Burns
- Chapter 8: Best Practice Recommendations for the Prevention and Management of Venous Leg Ulcers
- Chapter 9: Best Practice Recommendations for the Prevention and Management of Peripheral Arterial Ulcers
- Chapter 10: Best Practice Recommendations for the Prevention and Management of Moisture-associated Skin Damage
- Additional Best Practice Resources
