Course Description
Wound Care: Unlocking the Potential to Heal – Joan Junkin
Joan Junkin – Wound Care – Unlocking the Potential to Heal
Many things must be in balance to successfully heal a wound. We will explore where a real difference can be made with: decreasing overall bioburden, providing wellness interventions, collecting and using data to determine priority goals, and utilizing a new method of cleansing the wound to decrease chance of infection. You’ll be able benefit from knowing the optimal methods and tools to accomplish the goal of successful wound healing.
OUTLINE
Moisture and bacteria balance- the key to healing
Holistic aspects of healing
- Nutrition, spiritual needs assessment, interventions
Infection protection
- Cleansing methods and breaking biofilm
Dressings and wound care products
- Discuss how to use the products on your buying contract effectively
- New categories of products
Advances in wound therapy- methods to promote healing
- Negative pressure wound therapy
- Modalities- Electrical simulation, Ultrasound
- Tissue and cell based products- Autografts, Allografts, Xenografts
OBJECTIVES
- List 3 methods known to increase endorphin levels to improve wellness for an individual
- Identify 3 methods of breaking biofilm in order to decrease wound bed bacterial count
- List 3 antiseptics that are FDA approved to use in wounds throughout the healing process
- Summarize 3 methods of wound debridement
- Defend choice of dressings based on wound characteristics and needs
- Compare characteristics of 3 types of tissue based products for wounds
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