Skin Ulcer Diagram. The most common area for skin ulcers to develop is on the legs. Help patients have the right diet and plenty of fluids.
How to use this tool well the chart contains diagrams of the body and the location of a pressure ulcer is recorded by numbering the location of each pressure ulcer and recording its severity in a table below. When the ulcer is superficial and vital tissues such as bone vessels nerves or tendons are not exposed and the ulcer is not copiously discharging skin grafting is the first option for surgical treatment. Chapter 8 skin soft tissue inflammation infections prevention if bedridden reposition at least every two hours reduces chance of ulcer development use of special mattresses rosacea osmsitrosacea pathology causes chronic inflammatory cutaneous disorder usually affects face may extend to neck upper chest ears ocular involvement.
Diagram of ulcer position please number ulcers on diagrams below ie1234.
Additional procedures can consist of surgery to remove infected tissue from the ulcer. Diagram of ulcer position please number ulcers on diagrams below ie1234. 6 pressure ulcers of grade 2 were recognised the other 5 were classed as wet injuries a wound or radiotherapy burn. This is a simple chart to help you record where and how severe an patientsclients pressure ulcers are.