To help healthcare professionals and patients in the identification and staging of wounds and their probable etiologies
Teaching routine cleansing and dressing techniques
Identification and cause of wounds
Patient education
The Visual Wound Foot is modelled from an 80-year old patient
Made of a unique new material that permits the application and easy removal of dressings without the need to constantly cleanse the skin of residual adhesive
Each wound has been realistically coloured to assist in identification and cause
Model is made of a flexible material which allows movement of the toes for closer examination and application of dressings
Supplied with a positioning base for ease of use
The following wounds, pressure ulcers and foot abnormalities are present:
Stage I pressure ulcer on the medial malleolus
Stage II pressure ulcer on the lateral foot (behind the little toe on the side of the foot)
Stage III pressure ulcer on the heel with infection
Stage IV pressure ulcer on the lateral malleolus with exposed tendon and bone (with osteomyelitis)
Stage IV pressure ulcer on the medial foot (behind the big toe) with exposed tendon and slough
Suspected deep tissue injury (DTI) on top of foot – spongy when palpated
Eschar (unstageable) on the lateral foot
Full thickness ulcer, plantar, 1st digit, probable diabetic neuropathic etiology
Callus under the 4th metatarsal phalangeal joint
Amputated 2nd toe
Dry gangrene of the 5th toe, due to ischaemia
Interdigital maceration between the 4th and 5th toes