Check out the new Wound Management seminar schedule for 2012. Designed as full day or half day events, the seminars are presented in an exciting, motivating and energizing format that makes the perfect learning environment. Choose from Wound Assessment or Topical Wound Management topics. Seminar dates and locations will be added throughout the year. Send…
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Gas Gangrene: A Life or Death Emergency
Come to this Session and get the answers to your questions. We;ll discuss the identification, treatment and prevention of gas gangrene infections. We’ll discuss the morbidity associated with these infections and the financial impact they have on the delivery of health care in this situation.
Principles and Practice of Maggot Debridement Therapy
By popular demand and request of our attendees, welcome back Dr Ron Sherman! Taught in two sessions, you’ll get the didactic and the practical hands on! Learn about the history, biology, indications and contraindications for maggot therapy. Then put all that to use when you actually learn the technical aspects of maggot debridement therapy by applying live maggot dressings to mock wounds.
Dermatological Conditions From A-Z: Tales From a Skin and Wound Detective
Many times some dermatological conditions can mimic pressure ulcers because of their location and similarity in the skin interruption and damage. As a wound care specialist, you may be asked from time to time to try to identify and then write a plan of treatment for some of these unusual cutaneous conditions. Being a well-versed clinician in dermatology will help you become a highly respected clinician and valued member of the patient care team.
Wound Assessment Basics : Parts 1,2, and 3
The basics are often forgotten. At times, we need a refresher to take us back to the basics. Join us in this 3-part session as we identify wound etiology and discuss tissue types. We’ll revisit the 2007 Pressure Ulcer Staging Guidelines and address pressure ulcer staging. But we won’t stop there, as we look at skin lesions, discuss wound pain-and no assessment is complete without proper documentation. We’ll talk about the requirements for proper documentation.
Keeping Yourself Out of Hot Water: Legal Implications In Wound Care
We know what gets us into trouble legally in wound care. So how do we avoid these complications? With litigation on the rise, it is better to be safe then sorry. In this session, we’ll discuss some of the ways you can keep yourself out of hot water and implement discussed precautions in your everyday practice.
Diabetic Foot Complications: Time To Take The Shoes Off and Battle
Diabetic foot complications are an everyday occurrence. Lets talk about what we are up against. Learn how to identify, treat, and prevent diabetic foot complications we are up against. Learn how to identify, treat and prevent diabetic foot complications. We will discuss the significant morbidity that is associated with these infections and the financial impact they have on the delivery of care.
Therapeutic Support Surfaces: The Past, The Present, and the Future
What is going on with support surfaces? Join us in this session and find out about the work of the Support Surface Standards Initiative, a committee of the NPUAP. This committee was convened in 2002 with a goal: to standardize support surface terms and definitions and to develop standardized tests that will be used to measure the different support surfaces, determine how this lends to clinical outcomes and to study the effectiveness of support surface therapy.
Wild On Wounds 2011Session Highlight: The Buzz Report
The Buzz Report will be co-presented by WCEI Co-Founders Nancy Morgan RN,BSN,MBA,WOCN,WCC,CWCMS and Donna Sardina RN,MHA,WCC,CWCMS at this year’s Wild on Wounds National Convention in Las Vegas NV at Caesars Palace. This session will be presented on Thursday September 8,2011 form 9:45 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
