Pressure Ulcer Prevention: Check, Move, Report
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Explain how pressure ulcers form and who is at risk, check skin and recognise early damage and use the SSKIN steps to prevent damage.
- Assign to
- Care workers
- Duration
- 25 minutes
- Evidence
- 12-question quiz
- Your version
- Editable
What they will be able to do
- Explain how pressure ulcers form and who is at risk.
- Check skin and recognise early damage.
- Use the SSKIN steps to prevent damage.
- Record and report clearly and quickly.
The course
- 01What they are
- 02Checking skin
- 03Preventing them
- 04Recording and reporting
The decision they practise
In the main activity, “Rewrite Elsie’s care notes”, learners rewrite a realistic document line by line and see the effect of each choice. Short animations show “How a heel ulcer forms” and “Two ways to turn Elsie”.
How you know they finished
The 12-question quiz mixes multiple choice, matching and sequencing questions and returns to the opening story.
Roll it out with
Relevant legislation and guidance
The course draws on these. Which ones apply depends on the organisation and the role. Finishing the course is a training record.
- Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014
- Care Act 2014
How this course is built
Interactive activity
Learners practise the decision in the course, including what to say when someone pushes back.
Edit it in the builder
On Growth and above, adapt the scenarios and wording to your own workplace, policies and reporting procedures.
A record they finished
The 12-question quiz closes the course, so you can show who completed it.
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