This is a MUST go to presentation designed to educate the wound care professional on how diabetic shoes in the high-risk patient can greatly reduce the likelihood of ulcerations in their feet. We will together identify who are the high-risk patients through patient examples, discuss the anatomy of the high-risk diabetic and the importance of professionally fitted shoes in this population. We will conclude with specific examples of how specific ulcers could have been prevented. We’ll discuss the Diabetic Therapeutic Shoe Bill guidelines under the Medicare law, and explain how diabetic shoes can be a profitable business for your practice.
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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.
Wild On Wounds Conference: Total Contact Cast
Attendees will explore the effects of diabetes on tissues and a brief comparison of diabetic wound treatments. The remainder of the session will concentrate on a detailed, hands-on practicum on the technique for proper application of Total Contact Casts. This session will be held September 7, 2011 from 8:00-11:30 a.m.
What factors do you face when it comes to ensuring adequate support for your patients?
Wound development has many different etiologies. Diabetes, arteriosclerosis, venous insufficiency, trauma and a host of others come to mind. Treatment of these wounds may be similar in approach and others may be completely different. One thing that is common in treatment of wounds is adequate support for the underlying structures near and under the wounds….
