Assessment of the perilesional skin. FEDPALLA (2004)

Measurement of the perilesional skin conditions of a wound via a scale.

Objectives:

– Determine the perilesional or surrounding skin conditions of a wound. – To guide the practitioner for treatment and thus reach par wound bed healing and epithelialization from the edges and to be able to establish a prognosis for healing.

Equipment:

FEDPALLA perilesional skin assessment scale (2004). Palomar et al.

Material:

-Nursing records.

Procedure:

– Preserve the patient’s privacy. – Inform the patient. – Request the collaboration of the patient and family. – Assess the perilesional skin of the wound (FEDPALLA scale). – Record in the nursing documentation: score obtained, date and time, incidences and patient response.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]