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Pressure Ulcer Stages 🛋️🩹

Pressure ulcers (bedsores) are categorized into stages based on severity. Here's a quick breakdown:

1. Stage 1:
Skin intact but looks red/non-blanchable (doesn’t turn white when pressed).
May feel warm, firm, or painful.

2. Stage 2:
Partial-thickness skin loss (open ulcer).
Looks like a shallow crater, pink/red, may have clear fluid (serous).

3. Stage 3:
Full-thickness skin loss (extends into fat tissue).
Looks like a deep crater, may have yellowish dead tissue (slough).

4. Stage 4:
*Full-thickness loss with muscle/bone/tendon exposure*.
May have dead tissue (eschar), tunneling, or undermining.

5. Unstageable:
Covered in dead tissue (eschar/slough) — can’t assess depth.

6. Deep Tissue Injury (DTI):
Purple/maroon area (deep tissue damage) — may be painful/firm.

Prevention is key: Turn patients regularly, use cushions, keep skin dry, check high-risk areas (heels, sacrum).

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