This module aims to provide you with standard principles and best practice guidelines in relation to wound care and tissue viability. It is important to remember that local policies and guidance should always be followed and all staff have a duty to be aware of, and comply with, their organisation's requirements.

• Define ‘tissue viability’
• Discuss what is meant by ‘wound’
• Describe the structure and function of the skin
• Apply the principles of wound assessment to assess a virtual wound
• Understand how tissue damage can be categorised
• List the symptoms of a pressure ulcer
• Understand how pressure ulcers occur and how to prevent them
• Discuss how wounds other than pressure ulcers are managed
• Appreciate the wound healing process
• Know how to document wound care and preventative interventions administered to service users