Introduction to Skin Tear
St Luke's ElderCare
About this course
Welcome to the module on Introduction to Skin Tear! It is essential that clinicians, healthcare providers and carers have a good understanding of the effects of ageing on the skin and take appropriate measures to reduce the risk of patients/residents/clients developing skin tears.
This programme focuses on why skin tears occur, the classification tools, assessment skills, prevention, and management of skin tears and documentation. These are important skills and knowledge required for effective management of skin tears.
Course Access Period
Please note that this is an online self-paced course where learners will be granted one month of access from the enrolment date. Do also note that the course tile may take up to 48 hours to show up on your dashboard after purchase, and your access will start after it has been made accessible.
What you will learn
- Define what is a skin tear
- Describe the STAR skin tear classification system and its importance
- Explain the importance of treating skin tears
- Describe the structure of skin
- Explain how age-related skin changes and how it relates to skin tears
- Identify two groups prone to skin tear and the reasons why
- List two main strategies to preventing skin tear
- Recall how and when to execute a skin assessment
- Explain how to treat skin tear wounds under the five categories of the STAR classification system
