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» National Wound Assessment Tool (Fletcher, 2010); » Applied Wound Management (Gray et al, 2006). The content of these are all very similar in that they use prompts to document wound characteristics, as itemised in Table 2. Local tools are also available. Practice point One of the key priorities when assessing a patient with a wound is pain.
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