
{"id":29,"date":"2023-11-30T09:57:41","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T09:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/tissue-viability\/?page_id=29"},"modified":"2026-04-17T18:17:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T17:17:07","slug":"pressure-ulcer-prevention-management-and-equipment-awareness","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/tissue-viability\/training\/pressure-ulcer-prevention-management-and-equipment-awareness\/","title":{"rendered":"Pressure ulcer prevention, management and equipment awareness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Tissue Viability Team offer both a half-day course (Pressure Damage Prevention &amp; Management Fundamentals), and a full-day course (Pressure Damage Prevention &amp; Management &#8211; Advanced course). Please check the information below and to ensure you select and book on to the appropriate course.<\/p>\n<h2><b data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Pressure Damage Prevention &amp; Management Fundamentals \u2013 Half Day<\/b><\/h2>\n<h3><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Overview <\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">This half day face-to-face course is designed to enable clinicians who may encounter clients at risk of, or with, pressure damage, to develop a greater understanding of the risks associated in the development of pressure damage, and the actions that need to be taken to reduce this risk and manage pressure damage.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Duration:<\/strong> half day<\/li>\n<li><strong>Delegates:<\/strong> 20 max<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Module objectives<\/h3>\n<p>At the end of the session, attendees will be able to:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Recognise the risk factors associated with pressure damage<\/li>\n<li><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Be able to undertake screening and pressure damage risk assessment<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Be able to identify vulnerable skin and correctly categorise pressure damage<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Take the appropriate actions to help prevent or manage pressure damage using the aSSKINg Bundle as a framework<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Be aware of the role pressure damage equipment plays in pressure damage prevention and resources available to select and order equipment.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Who should attend?<\/h3>\n<p>This session is aimed at all clinicians, registered and non-registered, working with patients, as specified (Groups B &amp; C) within Oxford Health\u00a0<span lang=\"EN-US\">Policy for the prevention and management of pressure damage (CP66).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>Pressure Damage Prevention &amp; Management \u2013 Advanced Course<\/b>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<b>Full day<\/b><\/h2>\n<h3 class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Overview<\/b><\/h3>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">This whole day face-to-face course is designed to enable clinicians who regularly encounter clients at risk of, or with, pressure damage, to develop a greater understanding of the risks associated in the development of pressure damage and the actions that need to be taken to reduce this risk and to manage existing pressure damage.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Duration:<\/strong> half day<\/li>\n<li><strong>Delegates:<\/strong> 20 max<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Module objectives<\/h3>\n<p>At the end of the session, attendees will be able to:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Recognise the risk factors associated with pressure damage<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Be able to undertake screening and pressure damage risk assessment<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Be able to identify vulnerable skin and correctly categorise pressure damage<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Take the appropriate actions to help prevent or manage pressure damage using the aSSKINg Bundle as a framework<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">A comprehensive understanding of factors to consider when selecting pressure relieving equipment and how to weigh up a variety of influencing factors in selecting appropriate equipment<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The impact of posture on risk of pressure damage, how to assess posture when seated and in bed and immediate care to mitigate postural issues and onward referral<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The importance of nutritional intake including nutritional assessment and food fortification<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Be able to put comprehensive management plans together through exploration of case studies<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Who should attend?<\/h3>\n<p>This session is aimed at registered and non-registered clinicians, working in t<span lang=\"EN-US\">hose services whose clients often suffer with pressure damage (Group A)\u00a0<\/span>as specified within Oxford Health\u00a0<span lang=\"EN-US\">Policy for the prevention and management of pressure damage (CP66).<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>Requirements<\/h2>\n<p>Prior to attending either of the above courses, attendees must complete the online <a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/tissue-viability\/training\/introduction-and-core-tissue-viability-modules\/\">Introduction and core tissue viability modules<\/a>\u00a0course.\u00a0This is a requirement for all the Tissue Viability Courses but only needs to be completed once.<\/p>\n<details class=\"nhsuk-details\">\n                    <summary class=\"nhsuk-details__summary\">\n                        <span class=\"nhsuk-details__summary-text\">Introduction course content<\/span>\n                    <\/summary>\n                    <div class=\"nhsuk-details__text\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Partnership working:<\/strong> explores the issue of patient concordance and introduces the technique of Motivational Interviewing in our interactions with patients as a way of engaging patients in their care<\/li>\n<li><strong>Holistic patient assessment (Tissue Viability):<\/strong> explores the variety of internal and external risk factors that can contribute towards delayed wound healing<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nutrition for wound healing &amp; pressure ulcer prevention:<\/strong> offers practical advice on assessing and enhancing nutritional intake to both prevent wounds and aid wound healing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n                <\/details>\n<p>Completion of the Core Module and attendance at either the half-day or full-day\u00a0 face-to-face course are required to be certified as having completed the course.<\/p>\n<p>Attendees are also advised to complete the <a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/tissue-viability\/training\/wound-prevention-assessment-and-management\/\">Wound prevention, assessment and management course<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Additional notes<\/h2>\n<p>Please bring your own lunch. 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To help towards reducing costs and waste, please consider bringing your own cup.<\/p>\n<p>This training provides evidence of Continuing Professional Development and can be used in the NMC Nurse Revalidation process.<\/p>\n<div class=\"nhsuk-action-link\"><a class=\"nhsuk-action-link__link\" href=\"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Pressure-Damage-Prevention-and-Management-Course.pdf\" target=\"_self\"><span class=\"nhsuk-action-link__text\">Download PDF version of this page<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Tissue Viability Team offer both a half-day course (Pressure Damage Prevention &amp; Management Fundamentals), and a full-day course (Pressure&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":19,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-29","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/tissue-viability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/tissue-viability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/tissue-viability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/tissue-viability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/tissue-viability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/tissue-viability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":302,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/tissue-viability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29\/revisions\/302"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/tissue-viability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/tissue-viability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}