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Table of Contents
1. GOALS OF CARE 2
Establish goals in collaboration with patient, family, caregivers, facility staff, and hospice
interdisciplinary team
2. CARE TEAM and PATIENT/ FAMILY EDUCATION 5
Communicate realistic expectations
3. ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS 6
Control or eliminate causative factors
4. PHYSIOLOGICAL FACTORS 10
Provide systemic support to reduce existing and potential cofactors
5. SUPPORT SURFACES 17
Determine appropriate support surface
6. WOUND CARE GUIDANCE BY TYPE OF WOUND 18
Maintain physiologic local wound environment
7. PRODUCT SELECTION BY WOUND CONDITION 38
Choose dressings to address wound moisture balance
8. DEBRIDEMENT 40
Understand available options for debridement
9. WOUND CARE PRODUCTS 42
Describe types of care products, topical medicated agents, and wound prep recipes
10. SPECIAL TOPICS 49
Skin tears, deep tissue injury, calciphylaxis, and Kennedy Terminal Ulcers
11. OTHER THERAPIES 51
Honey, larval therapy, negative pressure wound therapy, topical compounded gels, and
compression therapy
12. DOCUMENTATION 55
Consider legal aspects of wound care charting including photography
13. PRESSURE ULCER STAGING 56
NPUAP‐EPUAP definitions
14. WOUND CARE GLOSSARY 57
Common terms for wound care
15. RESOURCE LIST 59
Where to turn for additional information: books, journals, websites, and mobile apps
16. INDEX 66
