Multidisciplinary Wound Care
- Standards of care, ethics and legalities
- Interdisciplinary care in a patient with a wound
- Why be involved in wound care?
- Considering cost, revenue, and insurance cost savings
Wound Healing Basics
- Anatomy and physiology of the skin and surrounding structures
- Stages of wound healing
- Factors affecting wound healing
Distinguishing between wound types
- Acute
- Post-surgical
- Burns
- Trauma
- Chronic wounds
- Venous ulcerations
- Arterial ulcerations
- Testing — ankle-brachial index
- Pressure ulcers
- Diabetic/neuropathic ulcers
- Other, palliative, radiation
Now Let's Make a Plan: Assessing and Planning for the Treatment of the Wound
- Assessment tools
- Tests
- Scales
- Measurements
- Labs
- Nutrition
- Functional needs of the patient
- Other factors affecting wound healing
Executing Your Treatment Plan
- Preparing the wound bed
- Is there infection?
- Do you need to debride?
- Is it wet or dry?
- Is the wound painful?
- How do we clean it?
- What topical?
- Dressings
- Is this treatment functional for the patient if possible?
- Is there edema present?
- How can we go above and beyond?
Documentation
Team Communication, monitoring, & progress