2023 Wound Management Update Launceston

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

Presenter:
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. He also provides clinical support to patients and their clinicians in the aged care, primary care and community sectors. 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.

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