Clinical Skin Tear Range

Realistic Skin Tear Simulation for Clinical and Nursing Education

The Clinical Skin Tear Range by TraumaSim provides medically accurate, high-fidelity silicone wounds designed to support effective skin tear assessment and management training. Manufactured from durable, life-like silicone, these wounds allow educators to deliver realistic clinical scenarios commonly encountered in healthcare and aged care settings.

Each wound features tapered edges that blend smoothly onto a manikin or live role player. This creates a convincing appearance and allows learners to practise assessment, classification, and dressing of skin tears in a controlled and repeatable training environment.

Why Choose the Clinical Skin Tear Range?

The Clinical Skin Tear Range includes examples across recognised skin tear categories, allowing learners to identify severity, tissue involvement, and treatment requirements. TraumaSim developed these wounds in consultation with wound-care professionals to ensure clinical accuracy and alignment with established classification systems.

By incorporating these realistic wounds into high-quality simulation scenarios, educators can help learners develop confidence, competence, and clinical reasoning before they encounter skin tears in real patient care. The self-adhesive design supports quick setup, while the washable and reusable silicone enables repeated use across cohorts.

Clinical Skin Tear Range Components

• 1 × Skin Tear – Category 1A
• 1 × Skin Tear – Category 1B
• 1 × Skin Tear – Category 2A
• 1 × Skin Tear – Category 2B
• 1 × Skin Tear – Category 3
• 1 × Skin Tear with Mobile Skin
• 1 × TraumaSim Storage Bag

Key Features of the Clinical Skin Tear Range

• Medically accurate silicone wounds designed for skin tear education
• Lifelike texture and colour for high-fidelity clinical simulation
• Tapered edges for seamless application on manikins or live role players
• Self-adhesive, washable, and reusable for repeated training sessions
• Ideal for nursing, healthcare, aged care, and clinical education programs

Learning Outcomes

• Identify and classify skin tears using recognised classification systems
• Practise assessment, cleaning, and dressing of skin tears
• Develop confidence managing fragile and compromised skin
• Improve clinical reasoning and wound-care decision-making

Additional Details

All silicone wounds are hand painted, and minor variation in appearance may occur. A range of skin tones is available; commonly requested tones are held in stock, while others are manufactured to order. Manikin not included; wounds are shown on a manikin for presentation purposes only.

All items in the Clinical Skin Tear Range are also available as individual purchases. View the full range of
Self-Adhesive Silicone Wounds.

Further Learning and Professional Resources

• Classifying Skin Tears Using the STAR System
  
• Wounds Australia