Example wound care frameworks: Appendix E
This resource illustrates two examples of wound care frameworks: the wound bed preparation paradigm, reprinted with permission from Sibbald RG, Elliott JA, Persaud-Jaimangal R, et al. Wound Bed Preparation 2021. Adv Skin Wound Care. 2021 Apr 1;34(4):183–95.
And, the wound prevention and management cycle, reprinted with permission from Orsted HL, Keast DH, Forest-Lalande L, et al. Best practice recommendations for the prevention and management of wounds. In: Foundations of Best Practice for Skin and Wound Management. A supplement of Wound Care Canada; 2017. 74 pp.
Reference: Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario, (2024). Appendix D of Pressure injury management: Risk assessment, prevention and treatment - Fourth edition. Toronto, Canada: Author. pp. 97-98.
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