This course is conducted over two days and is equivalent to 14 continuing professional development (CPD) hours.
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 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.
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 surgical site dehiscence, skin tears, pressure injury, leg ulcers and diabetic foot injury
Discuss current practice recommendations for wound infection and biofilm
Examine advances in oedema management and compression therapy
Day 1 Program
08:00am Registration
08:30am Course introduction
08:45am Basic concepts - Wound healing, “Hard-to-heal” wound aetiologies, Pharmacology
10.30am Morning Break
10:50am HEIDI strategy
12:30pm Lunch
01:15pm Wound infection - Wound cleansing
02:45pm Afternoon Break
03.00pm Selecting a wound dressing - Antimicrobial agents
04:00pm Close
Day Two Program
08:15am Registration
08:30am Leg ulcers - Oedema
10:30am Morning tea
10:50am Compression therapy - Pressure injury
12:30pm Lunch
01:15pm Diabetic foot ulceration - Radiation injury
02:45pm Afternoon Break
03:00pm Surgical wounds - Skin tears
04.00pm Evaluations and Close
Fees
ACN members $500.00 Non-members $550.00
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