Measuring chronic wounds

Hello, I'm Gary Bain from The Wound Guy. When people have wounds, there's always a reason for it to exist. Every wound should have a diagnosis. Some wounds will get better, but not every wound will. Those wounds which we expect to get better, we would normally see that they would be 40% smaller in their size after four weeks of care. How do you know if that's taking place? The best way to find out is to measure wounds. Wounds can be measured from their top to their bottom and their lateral edges. We normally say top to bottom is the same as north to south and then east to west. I like to draw on the edges of the wounds that I will measure. I'll put an N at the top margin, an S at the bottom, and then an E and a W where they're appropriately placed. I will then measure the wound in millimetres. Where I measure today and my colleague measures next week, it then gives us a reliable way of saying that we've all measured the same way. After measuring your wounds, draw markers so that things can be reliable and then over time you'll see whether your wound is on the right track or not. Bye for now.