The second edition of Wound Care at a Glance is the ideal study and revision companion for undergraduate nursing and healthcare students, newly qualified practitioners, and for all involved with the provision of high quality, evidence-based wound care. This concise and user-friendly guide enables readers to expand their knowledge and understanding of wound care and skin integrity, and render safe and effective patient-centred care.
The guide’s highly illustrated, visual approach to the subject of wound care and skin integrity explores the anatomy and physiology of the skin, acute and chronic wounds, pain management, legal and ethical issues, the various complexities of practical wound care, and more.
- Contains all the information you need to provide safe and effective patient care
- Presents a clear and concise account of appropriate wound care
- Incorporates both images and text to appeal to visual and non-visual learners alike
- Features a companion website containing interactive self-testing features
Table of Contents
Preface to the second edition vii
Acknowledgements viii
How to use your textbook ix
About the companion website xi
Part 1 Anatomy and physiology 1
1 The history of wound care 2
2 Anatomy and physiology of the skin 4
3 Psychological and social aspects of the skin 6
4 Body image 8
5 The skin and ageing 12
Part 2 The normal healing process: acute wounds 15
6 Haemostasis 16
7 Inflammation 18
8 Proliferation (granulation and epithelialisation) 20
9 Maturation 22
10 Factors affecting wound-healing 24
Part 3 The abnormal healing process: chronic wound healing 27
11 The impaired healing process 28
12 Factors affecting wound-healing 30
13 Nutrition and wound-healing 32
14 Incontinence and wounds 34
15 Vascular disease 36
Part 4 Wound management in practice 39
16 Assessment of skin 40
17 Assessment of the patient with a wound 42
18 Classification of wounds 46
19 Legal and ethical aspects of wound care 48
20 Documenting wounds and keeping records 50
21 Evidence based practice 52
22 Treatment options 54
23 Pain management 56
Part 5 Dressing selection 59
24 Principles of wound management I 60
25 Principles of wound management II 61
26 Managing wound exudate: moist wound healing, hydration and maceration 62
27 Generic wound products: mode of action 64
28 Choosing a wound care product 68
29 Use of topical antimicrobials and antibiotics 70
30 Application of lotions, creams, emollients and ointments 74
31 Advanced technologies 76
Part 6 Complexities of wound care 79
32 Pressure redistribution equipment 80
33 Pressure ulcer classification and prevention 82
34 Pressure ulcers 86
35 Venous leg ulcers 88
36 Lymphoedema 90
37 Compression therapy 92
38 Arterial ulcers 94
39 Assessing for arterial disease: ankle-brachial pressure index and toe-brachial pressure index 96
40 Interpreting ABPIs 100
41 Diabetic foot ulcers 102
42 Moisture lesions 106
43 Surgical wounds 108
44 Traumatic wounds 112
45 Burns and scalds 114
46 Atypical wounds 116
47 Wounds in different populations 118
48 Malignant wounds and palliative wound care 120
Glossary 124
References and further reading 126
Index 128
