Lesson 1Assessing exudate, odour, peri-wound skin condition, and wound edge shapeThis lesson explains how to check discharge, smell, skin around the wound, and the edges step by step. It connects findings to infection, softening, poor blood flow, and pressure issues. It helps nurses use the same words and record properly for good team talk.
Discharge amount, colour, and thicknessTelling clear, bloody, pus-like discharge apartSmell when it happens, how strong, and possible reasonsSkin around wound softening, redness, and rashWound edge form, undercutting, and hard skinStandard words for describing local signsLesson 2Identifying tissue types: granulation, dead tissue, slough, hard skin — spotting and recordingThis lesson shows how to see and feel the difference between healthy new tissue, slough, dead tissue, and hard skin in diabetic foot wounds. It focuses on describing accurately, estimating percentages, and what it means for healing and cleaning plans.
Normal skin, new skin tissue, and scarHealthy new tissue colour and feelSlough look, texture, and how stuck it isDry and wet dead tissue, hard crust, and gangreneHard skin forming at pressure spotsNoting tissue type percentages in recordsLesson 3Blood flow check for lower leg wounds: feeling pulses, capillary refill, ABI, TBI, toe pressuresThis lesson covers simple bedside checks for blood flow in the lower leg for diabetic patients. It includes feeling pulses, capillary refill time, ankle-brachial index, toe pressures, and understanding limits in hardened vessels and mixed conditions.
Looking for colour, hair, and skin changesFeeling foot and back leg pulsesCapillary refill and leg warmth checksDoing and understanding ABI in diabetesToe pressures and TBI for hardened arteriesWhen to send for blood flow scans or specialist adviceLesson 4Spotting infection and swelling: local vs whole body signs, using IDSA/International Working Group on Diabetic Foot (IWGDF) guidelinesThis lesson helps spot infection and swelling in diabetic foot wounds. It tells helpful germs from harmful ones, reviews local and body-wide signs, and uses IDSA and IWGDF rules to grade seriousness and decide actions.
Normal healing swelling vs infectionLocal signs in numb and poor blood flow tissueBody-wide signs and sepsis warningsIDSA and IWGDF infection gradingWhen to take samples and scansUrgent send-off rules for limb danger casesLesson 5Key health history and social factors: sugar control, other illnesses, movement, shoes, home life, transport and care accessThis lesson reviews important health history and social factors affecting diabetic foot wounds. It stresses sugar control, other sicknesses, movement, shoes, home setup, and getting to transport and wound care on time.
Focused diabetes and treatment historyHeart, kidney, and nerve illness linksMovement limits and fall or injury historyShoe type, fit, and wear signsHome safety, help, and self-care abilityTransport, money, and wound care accessLesson 6Standard wound check methods (SITE, TIME, WoundBed, and Bates-Jensen)This lesson introduces main wound check methods for diabetic foot care, like SITE, TIME, WoundBed, and Bates-Jensen. It compares parts, scoring, and how they help track and talk across teams.
Why use structured wound check toolsSITE method parts and scoringTIME method for preparing wound bedMain items in WoundBed scoringBates-Jensen Wound Check summaryPicking and using a method in daily workLesson 7Recording standards and wound photos: agreement, steady light, position and size notingThis lesson describes best ways to write records and take wound photos. It covers agreement, privacy, placing, light, scale, and steady position for good comparison and legal records.
Key parts of wound recordingLegal and right sides of recordingGetting and noting photo agreementStandard patient place and marksLight, focus, and measure scale useSafe keeping and marking of wound picturesLesson 8Pain check in numb and poor blood flow feet: scales and bedside waysThis lesson looks at pain check in numb and poor blood flow diabetic feet. It reviews pain scales, words, and bedside moves to tell nerve burning from rest pain due to poor flow, guiding pain relief and send-off choices.
Common pain types in diabetic foot sicknessNumber and picture pain rating scalesNerve pain words and check toolsSigns of poor flow and night rest painChecking pain during dressing changesNoting pain reply to treatmentsLesson 9Nerve damage check: monofilament test, vibration (tuning fork), pinprick and position sense testsThis lesson outlines planned nerve damage check in diabetic feet using monofilament, vibration, pinprick, and position sense tests. It stresses method, scoring, and how feeling loss changes risk and patient teaching needs.
Check questions for nerve symptoms10g monofilament spots and useVibration test with tuning fork methodPinprick and heat sense testsPosition sense and balance checkRisk grading based on feeling lossLesson 10Measuring wound size, depth, and tunnels: tools and ways (ruler, outline, photo)This lesson gives practical ways to measure wound length, width, depth, and tunnels. It compares paper rulers, probes, outlines, and digital photos, stressing germ control and steady method between checkers.
Picking clean, one-use measure toolsStandard length, width, and clock positionSafe depth and tunnel probe methodUsing wound outlines and clear templatesClinic photos for ongoing comparisonNoting measures and changes over time
