Wound Assessment

Question 1

Location

Answer 1

Where is the location of the wound, is there more than one wound?

Question 2

Wound appearance

Answer 2

Is the wound red and swollen, is the area around the wound warm to the touch? ( are sutures, staples, or clips intact or broken)

Question 3

Drainage

Answer 3

Is the drainage clear, Bloody,, watery and blood tinged, thick and green/yellow or brown

Question 4

Odour

Answer 4

Does the wound or drainage have an odour

Question 5

Surrounding skin and tissues

Answer 5

Is the surrounding skin intact? What colour is it. Are the tissues swollen