COURSE OBJECTIVES

Increased knowledge and skills in:

•  Chronic and acute wound management
• Observation skills: type of wound (leg ulcers, diabetes wounds, atypical, burns)
• Pressure sores: In general & in OR; medical devices
• Surgical site infection
• Technologies: negative pressure, maggots therapy
• Wound dressing classification
• Postpartum perianal tears; Incontinence Associated Dermatitis (IAD)