The latest edition contains new information, has an increased focus on prevention and provides live links to other essential resources and practice tools.

Chapters include best practice recommendations for moisture-associated skin damage, skin tears, pressure injuries, burns, surgical wound complications, arterial ulcers, diabetic foot complications, venous leg ulcers and lymphedema.

Other features of this free, digital book include:

• An overview of the structures and physiology of skin and the process of skin healing
• Recommendations based on the latest evidence and international best practice guidelines for common wound types
• Detailed explanations on how to implement the recommendations into practice
• Information on how to identify specific wound types, who’s most at risk and factors that affect healing
• The use of the Wound Prevention and Management Cycle to organize the information and provide clinical pathways for clinicians and health decision-makers by providing step-by-step processes they can incorporate into practice for better outcomes
• Chapters that can be downloaded individually for ease-of-use as PDFs.

The content of this free book emphasizes holistic patient assessment and specific screening to identify high-risk individuals and prevent the development of wounds or wound complications through early, effective interventions based on the assessments. Helpful self-management strategies for patients are discussed and recommended as a magnifier for health-care provider wound prevention and management interventions, leading to better, sustained care and outcomes. The book supports the Quintuple Aim framework, in which patient experience is enhanced, costs are reduced, population health is improved, the care team experience is improved and equity in health care is available to all.