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1. Heel pressure wounds

   humblepie replied to humblepie's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for the useful discussion. I actually found the NUAP website in a book on wound care. In Feb. 2007 NUAP issued new definitions and stages for pressure wounds. Heel wounds often will fall into the new category of (Suspected)Deep Tissue Injury -...

2. Heel pressure wounds

   humblepie posted a topic in General Nursing

   I recently read something about heel wounds differing from other pressure wounds and thatthey may be considered for a separate classification system. The article stated that the traditional pressure wound protocols for stage l-lV may not be applicabl...