This course provides information which is up to date and immediately applicable to the workplace. It is conducted over two days and is equivalent to 14 continuing professional development (CPD) hours.

Key learning outcomes:

On completion participants will be better able to:

Describe the anatomy & physiology of the integumentary system

Outline the process of wound healing

Identify factors which negatively impact on wound repair

Engage with the HEIDI assessment strategy

Discuss recent developments in wound hygiene and wound bed preparation

Review the role and function of wound dressings

Consider updates in both the aetiologies and clinical practice associated with skin tears, pressure injury, leg ulcers, diabetic foot injury and surgical wounds.

Discuss current practice recommendations for wound infection and biofilm

Examine advances in oedema management and compression therapy

Presenter Biography Gary Bain RN CNC MClinEd BN DipApSc MACN.                   

Gary has been involved in delivering and teaching wound management since 1987. Currently in private practice as The Wound Guy, Gary provides education to medical, nursing, allied-health and product-industry personnel. These activities are conducted concurrently with his present role as educator and nurse consultant in wound management at the Mt Wilga Private Hospital (Rehabilitation Centre). He is also a lecturer at Macquarie University with the Australian Lymphoedema Education, Research and Treatment (ALERT) division.

Day 1 Program

8:00am                 Registration

8:30am                 Course introduction

8:45am                 A&P of the skin

                  Wound healing

                  “Hard-to-heal” wound aetiologies & pharmacology

10.30am               Morning Break

10:50am               HEIDI strategy                  

12:30pm               Lunch

1:15pm                 Wound infection 

                  Wound hygiene

2:45pm                 Afternoon Break

3.00pm                 Selecting a wound dressing

                  Antimicrobial agents

4:00pm                 Close

Day Two Program

8:15am                 Registration / Arrive

8:30am                 Leg ulcers

                  Oedema

10:30am              Morning tea

10:50am               Compression therapy

                   Pressure injury

12:30pm               Lunch

1:15pm                 Diabetic foot ulceration

                   Surgical wounds

2:45pm                 Afternoon Break

3:00pm                 Skin tears

4.00pm                 Evaluations and Close

Fees

ACN members $500.00                     Non-members $550.00