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Mar 2025

8m 36s

Wound Healing Stages

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Heather is a female with diabetes who is referred to physical therapy for evaluation of a right heel wound. The wound measures 4 cm in diameter, shows a dry black eschar covering the entire wound bed, and has no surrounding erythema or drainage. The patient denies pain at the wound site. Which wound stage is MOST consistent with the described findings?

A) Stage II

B) Stage III

C) Stage IV

D) Unstageable

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