Wound care assessment acronym help dddreeesssss

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I am currently in school and trying to make sense of the acronym for assessing wound care. The outline says "see textbook" and we use the Kosier text but I just cant find what the letters stand for. I know one of the d's is drainage and one is drain and I am sure on of the s's is size or shape but I can't figure out what they are talking about or what order. Does anyone know this one? Thanks soooo much! :clown:

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I have no idea what it stands for but here are some ideas just from experience assessing them...

Dimensions

Drainage

Depth

Rate pain

Exudate

Edges

Epithelialization

Size

Shape

Status

Slough

Surrounding skin

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These are all words that come to mind, but honestly I do not think this would help me! When you find out what it really stands for, please post!

debridement

drainaige

dressing

depth

diameter

delayed healing

redness

rating of pain

exudate

Escar

Edge

Slough

Size

Site

smell

surrounding skin

shape

sinuses

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Color

Odor

Location

Amount

Consistency

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Specializes in Critical Care.

We did the six S's

Site (where's it located? look up in the chart prior to entering pt room)

Size (measurement - length, width, depth)

Stage (if it's a pressure ulcer)

Secretions (frank blood? serous? purulent?)

Smell (foul? no odor?)

Surrounding tissue (redness? swelling? tunneling?)

It's been awhile since I did any wound assessment stuff but we didn't learn it in any particular order. I just put it in the order that I would notice these things during a dressing change.

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