Wound Care & Management Workshop

Course Content:

Aim: an update session on the care and management of wounds common in nursing home and elderly people. This workshop aim to develop clear understanding on assessment and management of wound using different strategies available in the company.

• Applied anatomy and physiology of the normal skin
• Legal and professional responsibilities
• Accountability and individual duties
• Types of wounds - chronic and acute
• Pressure Ulcers grading
• Strategies and pvenation of pressure ulcers
• Infection Control issues
• Complete assessment of wound
• Wound mapping and monitoring
• Deciding the correct dressings to use
• Reporting and escalating any concerns
• Documentation and Safeguarding issues
• Monitoring wound progress – healing and deterioration
• Wound referral for further opinion and further management
• Scenario and group works