WCEI - Blog » Philadelphia PA http://blog.wcei.net Wound Care Education Institute Blog Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:00:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Pressure Ulcer Etiology http://blog.wcei.net/pressure-ulcer-etiology/ http://blog.wcei.net/pressure-ulcer-etiology/#comments Tue, 02 Feb 2010 09:00:00 +0000 drewwcei http://blog.wcei.net/?p=587 WCEI Instructor Cindy Broadus RN reviews Pressure Ulcer Etiology with the WCC candidates in a recent class in Philadelphia PA. Below is a little video from a Skin and Wound Management Course in which Pressure Ulcer Etiology is discussed. Cindy demonstrates how if the skin and soft tissue is compressed or squeezed together by weight or tension, the blood vessels collapse and tissue necrosis follows.

Click here to view the embedded video.

Additionally, the Clinical presentation and characteristics of Pressure Ulcers are discussed in part in this video. Some of the characteristics include:

  • Rounded, crater-like shapes (not always round)
  • regular edges
  • usually develop over a bony prominence (not always over a bone)
  • will take on the shape of the object that caused the pressure

Typical anatomical locations that pressure ulcers are found include: (Top 5)

  • Sacral/Coccyx
  • Greater Trochanter
  • Ischial Tuberosity
  • Heel
  • Lateral Malleolus

The progression of Breakdown is as follows:

  1. Hyperemia
  2. Tissue Ischemia
  3. Tissue Necrosis
  4. Ulceration

For more information on becoming wound care certified or our Skin and Wound Management Course, check out our registration page

]]> http://blog.wcei.net/pressure-ulcer-etiology/feed/ 1 WCEI One Day Wound Care Seminar , Testimonial http://blog.wcei.net/wcei-one-day-wound-care-seminar-testimonial/ http://blog.wcei.net/wcei-one-day-wound-care-seminar-testimonial/#comments Wed, 20 May 2009 00:28:23 +0000 drewwcei http://blog.wcei.net/?p=132 WCEI offers One Day Wound Care Seminar and recently we caught up with Nancy Morgan RN in Philadelphia PA and had an opportunity to speak with some of the attendees. Below is a brief interview and testimonial from Susan DiPaulo RN WCC. She states that Nancy (Nancy Morgan RN) energizes the room during the seminar. She also credits some of her success to her wound care certification and the course that WCEI provided.

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