Pat Pressure Injury Staging Model™

Skills

• Pressure injury assessment has become critical to the operation of health agencies, as inaccurate wound assessment can cause inaccurate reporting of patient outcomes and the appearance of potential adverse events
• A great tool for an overview of the NPUAP staging guidelines and for:
  • Training
  • Competency testing
  • Skills assessment
  • Dressing techniques
• Allows for medical professionals to visualise and understand the differences in wounds
• Once the different aetiologies are understood, they can be discussed and a treatment plan devised that will deliver optimised patient care

Features

• Brings wound care alive in a way that even the best of photographs cannot
• The darkly pigmented skin section shows how different a Stage 1, blood blister and DTPI (Deep Tissue Pressure Injury) may appear depending on the skin pigmentation
• The model displays the following pressure injuries (per NPUAP 2016 – National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel):
  • Stage 1
  • Stage 2
  • Stage 3 with undermining, tunnelling and slough
  • A shallow Stage 4 over the malleolus with exposed bone and tendon, and an unstageable eschar/slough wound
• The DTPIs, have a “mushy/boggy” feel when palpated, especially helpful in darkly pigmented patients where visualisation of the injury may not be sufficient
• Multifaceted tool to educate all healthcare providers, patients, families and caregivers in the identification and staging of pressure injuries
• Realistic hand painted wounds to simulate life-like patient simulation