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…
Category Archives: Wound Care Certification
WCEI Product Focus: Composite Dressings
Product Focus: Composite Dressings Description: Combination of 2 or more physically distinct products manufactured as a single dressing that provides multiple functions : a bacterial barrier, absorbency, a degree of non-adherence to the wound bed and self adhesiveness When to Use: Primary or secondary dressing for partial or full thickness wounds, wounds with minimal to…
Online Skin & Wound Management Course with College Credit
WINTER TERM – January 3 – March 17, 2012! Registration Is Now Open In collaboration with the Columbus State Community College, Wound Care Education Institute offers candidates to earn three (3) college credits while taking the Skin & Wound Management Course. Our online course is designed to provide participants with the best practices in wound…
WCEI PRODUCT FOCUS: Understanding Collagen Dressing
WCEI Brings You A New Segment Called PRODUCT FOCUS Our objective is to provide ongoing education and resources to our wound care clinicians worldwide. Product Focus: Collagen Dressing Description: Freeze dried sheets of collagen, particles, pastes or gels usually derived from cow hides – they encourage the deposition and organization of newly formed collagen fibers…
Topical Wound Management Basics (Parts 1, 2 & 3)
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.
Challenges of Wound Care: Bridging the Gap
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
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
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
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
Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute Charcot Neuroarthropathy requires first and foremost a “high index of suspicion”.
