Lesson 1Checking wound fluid, smell, skin around the wound, and wound edge shapeExplains in detail how to check wound fluid, smell, skin around the wound, and edges systematically. Connects findings to infection, skin softening, poor blood flow, and pressure issues. Helps nurses use steady words and records for team talks.
Wound fluid amount, colour, and thicknessTelling clear, bloody, pus-like fluids apartSmell when it happens, strength, and likely causesSkin around wound: softening, redness, and rashWound edge form, hidden parts, and hard skinStandard words for local wound findingsLesson 2Describing tissue types: healthy new tissue, dead tissue, slough, hard skin — spotting and recordingShows how to tell healthy new tissue, slough, dead tissue, and hard skin apart by looking and touching in diabetic foot wounds. Focuses on exact descriptions, percent guesses, and what they mean for healing and cleaning plans.
Normal skin, new skin tissue, and scarsHealthy new tissue colour and feelSlough look, feel, and how stuck it isDry and wet dead tissue, hard crust, and severe decayHard skin building at pressure spotsNoting tissue type percents in recordsLesson 3Blood flow check for lower leg wounds: feeling pulses, finger colour return, ankle-arm index, toe-arm index, toe pressuresCovers simple bed checks for blood flow in lower legs of diabetic patients. Includes feeling pulses, finger colour return, ankle-arm index, toe pressures, and understanding limits in hardened vessels and mixed conditions.
Looking for colour, hair, and skin changesFeeling foot and back leg pulsesFinger colour return and leg warmth checksDoing and understanding ankle-arm index in diabetesToe pressures and toe-arm index for hardened arteriesWhen to send for blood flow scans or specialist adviceLesson 4Spotting infection and swelling: local vs body-wide signs, using IDSA/International Working Group on Diabetic Foot (IWGDF) guidelinesFocuses on spotting infection and swelling in diabetic foot wounds. Tells harmless germs from real infection, reviews local and body signs, and uses IDSA and IWGDF guidelines to rate seriousness and decide actions.
Normal healing swelling vs infectionLocal signs in numb and poor blood flow tissueBody signs and severe infection warningsIDSA and IWGDF infection gradingWhen to take samples and scansUrgent send-off rules for limb-risk casesLesson 5Key health history and social factors: sugar control, other illnesses, movement, shoes, home life, travel and care accessLooks at main health history and social factors affecting diabetic foot wounds. Stresses sugar control, other illnesses, movement, shoes, home setup, and getting to transport and wound care on time.
Focused diabetes and treatment backgroundHeart, kidney, and nerve illness linksMovement limits and fall or injury pastShoe type, fit, and wear signsHome safety, help, and self-care abilityTravel, money, and wound care accessLesson 6Standard wound check methods (SITE, TIME, WoundBed, and Bates-Jensen)Introduces main wound check methods for diabetic foot care, like SITE, TIME, WoundBed, and Bates-Jensen. Compares parts, scores, and how they help track and team talks across disciplines.
Why use structured wound check toolsSITE method parts and scoresTIME method for wound bed readyingMain items in WoundBed score systemBates-Jensen Wound Check summaryPicking and using a method in daily workLesson 7Record-keeping rules and wound photos: agreement, steady light, position and size notingDescribes best ways for written records and wound photos. Covers agreement, privacy, placing, light, scale spots, and steady position for good comparisons and legal records.
Key parts of wound record-keepingLegal and right ways of recordingGetting and noting photo agreementStandard patient place and markersLight, focus, and measure scale useSafe keeping and marking of wound photosLesson 8Pain check in numb and poor blood flow feet: scales and simple bed methodsLooks at pain check in numb and poor blood flow diabetic feet. Reviews pain scales, words, and bed moves that tell numb burning from poor flow rest pain, guiding pain relief and send-offs.
Common pain ways in diabetic foot illnessNumber and picture pain rate scalesNumb pain words and check toolsSigns of poor flow and night rest painChecking pain in dressing changesNoting pain reply to treatmentsLesson 9Nerve damage check: thread test, shake (tuning fork), pin sting and position sense testsOutlines planned nerve damage check in diabetic feet using thread, shake, pin sting, and position sense tests. Stresses method, scores, and how feeling loss changes risk and patient teaching needs.
Check questions for nerve symptoms10g thread spots and useShake test with tuning fork methodPin sting and heat sense testsPosition sense and balance checkRisk grading from feeling lossLesson 10Measuring wound size, depth, and tunnels: tools and ways (ruler, outline, photos)Gives hands-on ways to measure wound length, width, depth, and tunnels. Compares paper rulers, probes, outlines, and digital photos, stressing germ control and steady method between checkers.
Picking clean, one-use measure toolsSteady length, width, and clock faceSafe depth and tunnel probe wayUsing wound outlines and clear sheetsClinic photos for ongoing comparesNoting measures and changes over time
