Pressure injuries in people with dark skin tones: Appendix I
Pan Pacific Pressure Injury Alliance outlines some considerations for risk assessment and treatment of pressure injuries in people with dark skin tones. Additionally, it includes classification based on the NPIAP/EUPAP classification system with examples of each stage in people with dark skin tones.
Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario, (2024). Appendix I of Pressure injury management: Risk assessment, prevention and treatment - Fourth edition. Toronto, Canada: Author. pp. 103.
Source: Reprinted with permission from: Pan Pacific Pressure Injury Alliance (PPPIA). Pressure ulcers in people with dark skin tones: PPPIA; 2014.
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