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Healing Wounds with Collagen: Knowing the Difference Makes All the Difference

Topics Covered:

The Indications and Contraindications for Collagen
What a Wound Wants and Needs; and Why
Considerations of Collagen in Treating & Healing Wounds

Our Speaker:
Martha R. Kelso, RN, LNC, HBOT, is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Wound Care Plus, LLC (WCP).

As a visionary and entrepreneur in the field of mobile medicine, she has operated mobile wound care practices nationwide for many years. She enjoys educating on the art and science of wound healing and how practical solutions apply to healthcare professionals today. Martha enjoys being a positive change in healthcare impacting clients suffering from wounds and skin issues of all etiologies.

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Predicting diabetic foot ulcer healing improves with thermal imaging

October 24, 2018February 25, 2020 Wound Care Advisor

A first of its kind study between RMIT University, the University of Melbourne, and Austin Health, used thermal imaging to predict the size and healing trajectory of recently developed diabetic foot ulcers.

Dealing with Difficult Times

Diabetic foot ulcers heal faster with probiotic supplementation

December 9, 2017February 25, 2020 Wound Care Advisor

Findings from a randomized controlled trial revealed that patients with a diabetic foot ulcer, who received probiotic supplementation for 12 weeks, experienced faster wound healing coupled with an improved glycemic and lipid profile compared with patients assigned a placebo. Read more.

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Skin damage associated with moisture and pressure

Program Objectives

Identify how wounds are classified according to wound depth and etiology.
Describe the etiology of a pressure injury (PI) and incontinence-associated skin damage (IAD).
Discuss evidence-based protocols of care of prevention and management if IAD and PIs.
Describe the NPUAP-EPUAP Pressure Injury Classification System.
Identify appropriate products that can be used for preventioin and treatment of IAD and PIs.

Our Speakers

Linda Moore, BSN, RN, CWON — Featured Speaker | Linda Moore BSN, RN, CWON Clinical Resource Specialist ConvaTec

Cynthia Saver, MS, RN — Moderator | Cynthia Saver MS, RN

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Scientists Seek People with Primary Progressive MS and Other Forms of MS to Study Gut Bacteria

August 23, 2017February 25, 2020 Wound Care Advisor

Volunteers are being sought for a major study to help determine how the gut microbiome can be used to treat multiple sclerosis, lupus, and other diseases.

Investigators at the University of California in San Francisco are recruiting people with MS for an international study of the gut microbiome – the population of bacteria in the gut – in MS. They are seeking people with primary progressive MS nationwide (there is no need for onsite visits), as well as people with any other type of MS who can make a one-time visit to San Francisco, New York, Boston or Pittsburgh. The overall purpose of these studies is to investigate the potential role of gut bacteria in MS.

Scientists Focus on Gut Flora for Future Treatments of Autoimmune Diseases

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Preventing Infections in Patients with Wounds eBook

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Skin Damage Associated with Moisture and Pressure ebook

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BioPad eBook Treatment of Hard-to-Heal Wounds with Collagen-Based Dressings

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‘Miracle’ stem cell treatment heals burns without scarring

August 1, 2017February 25, 2020 Wound Care Advisor

Pennsylvania state trooper Matt Uram was talking with his wife at a July Fourth party in 2009 when a misjudged spray of gasoline burst through a nearby bonfire and set him alight. Flames covered the entire right side of his body, and after he fell to the ground to smother them, his wife beat his head with her bare hands to put out his burning hair. It was only on the way to the ER, as the shock and adrenaline began to wear off, that the pain set in. “It was intense,” he says. “If you can imagine what pins and needles feel like, then replace those needles with matches.” (more…)

A Conversation With the PJ Medical Director

July 9, 2017February 25, 2020 Wound Care Advisor

LTC Stephen Rush joined the New York Air National Guard as a pararescue flight surgeon with the 103rd Rescue Squadron in 2007. His job was to train and sustain the medical readiness of PJs assigned to the 103rd. He became the medical director for all PJs in 2012. (more…)

Management of Patients With Venous Leg Ulcers

February 22, 2017February 25, 2020 Wound Care Advisor

It is well documented that the prevalence of venous leg ulcers (VLUs) is increasing, coinciding with an ageing population. Accurate global prevalence of VLUs is difficult to estimate due to the range of methodologies used in studies and accuracy of reporting.1 Venous ulceration is the most common type of leg ulceration and a significant clinical problem, affecting approximately 1% of the population and 3% of people over 80 years of age2 in westernised countries. Moreover, the global prevalence of VLUs is predicted to escalate dramatically, as people are living longer, often with multiple comorbidities. Recent figures on the prevalence of VLUs are based on a small number of studies, conducted in Western countries, and the evidence is weak. However, it is estimated that 93% of VLUs will heal in 12 months, and 7% remain unhealed after five years.3 Furthermore, the recurrence rate within 3 months after wound closure is as high as 70%.4-6 Thus, cost-effective adjunct evidence-based treatment strategies and services are needed to help prevent these ulcers, facilitate healing when they occur and prevent recurrence.

The impact of a VLU represents social, personal, financial and psychological costs on the individual and further economic drain on the health-care system. This brings the challenge of providing a standardised leg ulcer service which delivers evidence-based treatment for the patient and their ulcer. It is recognised there are variations in practice and barriers preventing the implementation of best practice. There are patients not receiving appropriate and timely treatment in the initial development of VLUs, effective management of their VLU and preventing recurrence once the VLU has healed.

Health-care professionals (HCPs) and organisations must have confidence in the development process of clinical practice guidelines and have ownership of these guidelines to ensure those of the highest quality guide their practice. These systematic judgments can assist in policy development, and decision making, improve communication, reduce errors and improve patient outcomes.