Wound Assessment Body Diagram. Wounds can be measured using the following methods. Assessment chart for wound management for multiple wounds complete formal wound assessment for each wound.
If the wound has many landmarks you may want to trace it before measuring. Identify the location of the wound using a body diagram andor description of anatomical location and document wound size reduction or increase in wound surface area andor depth is an indicator of healing or lack of healing. Body diagram 4a palm of hands.
Stage 1 non blanching erythema stage 2 partial thickness skin loss full thickness skin loss and crater stage 4.
Wound care assessment and treatment chart trial yes no yes no attach any wound tracings here two dimensional measures use a paper tape to measure the length and width in millimetres. In all instances of the linear or clock method the head is at 1200 and the feet are at 600. The circum ference of the wound is traced if the wound edges are not even. If the wound has many landmarks you may want to trace it before measuring.