In this 3-part session, you’ll get back to the basics, learning the principles of moist wound healing and what you can do to obtain this environment for your wounds. We’ll discuss wound management and some of the challenges we encounter when treating wounds. Choosing a dressing can be a difficult process. You’ll learn the topical dressing categories, simplifying the process of selection of the correct dressing.
Author Archives: Drew Griffin
Founder of Mojo Social Media, Leveraging emerging technologies and platforms, I consult with individuals, businesses and organizations to help develop leads, better and more intimate relationships with their customers and clients by delivering awesome value through Social Media, Video and Mobile Marketing. My goals are to develop my client's D.E.V. (Digital Exposure Value) and make them the experts in their field or industry locally.
I've been a public speaker at S.C.O.R.E. events, Local Chambers of Commerce, and National Conferences on topics related to Internet Marketing, Video and Mobile Marketing for businesses.
I remain a Wound Care Certified Nurse by trade. I've treated countless patients with the wound healing process and helped their families cope with their afflictions. Perhaps the 18 years of teaching individuals and groups in the healthcare place setting groomed me for my true passion in helping others.
That passion for helping others transcended my career in healthcare into Internet Marketing, Social Media and emerging technologies like Mobile Marketing. Consulting with others to help the understand and leverage systems for their benefit and to provide value made sense. I'm glad I'm here.
Topical Wound Management Basics (Parts 1, 2 & 3)
Written on September 4, 2011 by Drew Griffin in Wild on Wounds National Conference, Wound Care Certification
Challenges of Wound Care: Bridging the Gap
Written on September 3, 2011 by Drew Griffin in NPWT, Negative Pressure Wound Therapy, WCEI, Wild on Wounds National Conference, Wound Care Certification
Wound care is a relatively new field in medicine. Often times, there is a big gap that seems to exist between medical practice and using clinical data to change healthcare practices. The goal of this educational offering is to teach healthcare professionals about the science of negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT).
Diabetic Foot-Advanced Wound Care Delivery and Limb Salvage
Written on September 2, 2011 by Drew Griffin in WCEI, Wild on Wounds National Conference, Wound Care Certification
This session will describe the appropriate and timely use of advanced wound care technologies as a standard of care and how they relate to the cost effective and practical management of the diabetic foot wound and limb salvage. Experienced clinicians will find this session helpful.
What Kind of Wound Am I? Untangling the Types of Wounds to Know How to Treat Them
Written on September 1, 2011 by Drew Griffin in Skin and Wound Management Course, Wild on Wounds National Conference, Wound Care Certification, Wound Care Education Institute
In this session, we’ll look at the different types of wounds and some common ways to determine what type they are. We’ll discuss ways to treat them and ways to overcome the challenges and problems that we face when they have been identified and/or treated incorrectly. You’ll learn how using the knowledge of the wound can help you prevent, treat and advocate for the patient.
Creating a Project to Solve a Clinical Question
Written on August 31, 2011 by Drew Griffin in Skin and Wound Management Course, Wild on Wounds National Conference, Wound Care Certification
We will evaluate the best way to find the answers to these questions by creating a project to follow
Acute Charcot Neuroarthropathy – Preventing the Rocker Bottom Foot
Written on August 30, 2011 by Drew Griffin in WCEI, Wild on Wounds National Conference, Wound & Skin Management Course, Wound Care Certification
Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute Charcot Neuroarthropathy requires first and foremost a “high index of suspicion”.
Securement Strategies
Written on August 29, 2011 by Drew Griffin in WCEI, Wild on Wounds National Conference, Wound Care Certification, Wound Care Education Institute
We have options other than tape to keep our dressings in place. But securing dressings isn’t always so cut and dry. Problems occur. In this session we’ll learn what can cause securement issues: body contours and movement, exudate, moisture, sensitive or broken skin, tissue types, depth and dimension of the wound. Does it have undermining or tunneling? You’ll come away with some creative techniques for large wounds, facial wounds, fragile, wet and hard to reach wounds. Learn about the other alternatives we have to keeping these dressings in place
Lymphedema and The Wound Care Patient: Treatment With The Most Sophisticated Methods
Written on August 28, 2011 by Drew Griffin in Wild on Wounds National Conference, Wound Care Certification, lymphedema
Lymphedema is generally not causative of wound development but is commonly associated with poorly controlled venous disease. Venous disease, if left alone, brings about combined lymphatic failure creating a complex environment for wound resolution and overall edema reduction. Complete decongestive therapy can be modified to suit this clinical picture with incomparable success, which will be explored during this important session.
Palliative Considerations for Young Adults: When Cure is Not Possible and Compassion is at Its Best
Written on August 26, 2011 by Drew Griffin in Palliative Care Practices, Wild on Wounds National Conference, Wound Care Certification
This session will look at two different patients that both have gross metastatic disease. These patients had a will to live that surpassed what is deemed normal. We’ll look at the steps that the team took to support them in their quest. In the end, the team approach allowed both patients to have the ability to face death and be at peace when it came.
Swelling: Curse of the Wounded Class, Control of Edema Enhances Control in All Wounds
Written on August 25, 2011 by Drew Griffin in Wild on Wounds National Conference, Wound Care Certification, Wound Care Education Institute, lymphedema
Elastic compression therapy for swelling and venous leg ulcers is uncomfortable. Notoriously poor patient compliance creates the attitude that patient education about elastic compression is “not worth the time” by primary care providers. Think wound clinics and see the fruits of this therapeutic nihilism: sheer injury in edematous (CHF) senile skin, cellulitis and lymphorrhea in edematous tissue, venous leg ulcers and ischemic ulcers. The therapeutic triad: elevation, pneumatic and manual lymphatic drainage, and elastic compression, merits a conceptual physiologic update.
