How to Care for the Elderly: Skin Tear Dressing

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Tip 1 - Preventing, assessing and managing skin tears

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Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by Bel Miranda | permalink

Preventing, assessing and managing skin tears

Skin tears can become chronic wounds if they are not treated appropriately, and are a growing problem as the number of older people increases.

For further reading: http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/specialisms/wound-care/preventing-assessing-and-managing-skin-tears/5043093.article ^[1]

Tip 2 - How to Care for a Skin Tear

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Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by Ryan Wiese | permalink

For further reading: https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases_conditions/hic_How_to_Care_for_a_Skin_Tear ^[2]

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1. http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/specialisms/wound-care/preventing-assessing-and-managing-skin-tears/5043093.article

2. https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases_conditions/hic_How_to_Care_for_a_Skin_Tear