Skin Tone Bias in Wound Care - Jacqui Fletcher OBE

The knowledge and skills required for accurate assessment of signs and symptoms in people with dark skin tones were the key topics within Medstrom's webinar. 🔎 For more information about the content discussed in this session, visit: www.medstrom.c...
Among the expert speakers was Jacqui Fletcher OBE, who discussed:
• An overview of the ‘Assessing skin tone bias’ Best Practice Statement.
• Understanding erythema, its causes and what is our clinical response.
• The importance of language in skin assessment and wound care treatment.
0:00 Introduction
2:22 Awareness of the impact of skin tone on Pressure Ulcer development
3:31 What does erythema relate to?
4:49 How do we respond to erythema?
6:15 What does erythema look like on different skin tones?
9:50 Language is important
12:32 Good skin assessment is fundamental