A system for managing reduced pressure at a plurality of tissue sites undergoing reduced pressure treatment on a patient, the system comprising: a reduced-pressure source for providing reduced pressure; a plurality of reduced-pressure delivery conduits fluidly coupled to the reduced-pressure source; a plurality of reduced-pressure dressings fluidly coupled to the plurality of reduced-pressure delivery conduits in a one-to-one fashion; a plurality of pressure management devices; a plurality of sensing conduits fluidly coupled to the plurality of pressure management devices in a one-to-one fashion; wherein each reduced-pressure dressing has a sensing conduit of the plurality of sensing conduits and a reduced-pressure delivery conduit of the plurality of reduced-pressure delivery conduits associated with the reduced-pressure dressing; and wherein each pressure management device of the plurality of pressure management devices comprises: a controller, a power unit electrically coupled to the controller for providing power to the controller, a force transducer associated with a sensing conduit of the plurality of sensing conduits and electrically coupled to the controller for determining if a reduced-pressure threshold exists at a tissue site associated with the sensing conduit, and an indicator (160, 162) coupled to the controller for indicating when insufficient pressure exists in an associated sensing conduit. a reduced-pressure source for providing reduced pressure; a plurality of reduced-pressure delivery conduits fluidly coupled to the reduced-pressure source; a plurality of reduced-pressure dressings fluidly coupled to the plurality of reduced-pressure delivery conduits in a one-to-one fashion; a plurality of pressure management devices; a plurality of sensing conduits fluidly coupled to the plurality of pressure management devices in a one-to-one fashion; wherein each reduced-pressure dressing has a sensing conduit of the plurality of sensing conduits and a reduced-pressure delivery conduit of the plurality of reduced-pressure delivery conduits associated with the reduced-pressure dressing; and wherein each pressure management device of the plurality of pressure management devices comprises: a controller, a power unit electrically coupled to the controller for providing power to the controller, a force transducer associated with a sensing conduit of the plurality of sensing conduits and electrically coupled to the controller for determining if a reduced-pressure threshold exists at a tissue site associated with the sensing conduit, and an indicator (160, 162) coupled to the controller for indicating when insufficient pressure exists in an associated sensing conduit. a controller, a power unit electrically coupled to the controller for providing power to the controller, a force transducer associated with a sensing conduit of the plurality of sensing conduits and electrically coupled to the controller for determining if a reduced-pressure threshold exists at a tissue site associated with the sensing conduit, and an indicator (160, 162) coupled to the controller for indicating when insufficient pressure exists in an associated sensing conduit.