Wound Care in Hand Therapy
Wound care is complicated! There are so many different wound care products to know about and understand. And every wound seems to present differently. How are you supposed to know what to do for every different wound?
This course will simplify all of it for you. We simplify all of the timelines, assessment principles, dressing types and terminology. All to make sure you are caring for your patients’ wounds in the best possible way.
We also introduce a research based algorithm to help you make sense of all of the different choices you have to make when looking at a wound. Giving you clear decision points and insight on which products to use when.
But it can also be much simpler than that. We boil it down even further. We give you clear and specific guidance on managing 95% of all wounds with only 4 products and simple rules to follow. Rules that will keep your patient’s wound advancing and healing without getting stalled in early healing stages.
We give you the terminology, recommendations, knowledge and confidence to tackle any wound that might walk into your hand therapy clinic.
We also include an ebook that will help you follow along and give you all of the information in a downloadable and printable handout. That way you can follow the algorithm, or use the more basic approach whenever you encounter your next wound.
Join us as we go through all of the information you need to know to manage wounds effectively in a hand therapy clinic.
With clear charts and graphs, we simplify the wound healing progression and discuss the terminology you need to understand and document on wounds.
The three color system gives insight into how to manage common presentations of wounds. We break down what each color looks like and how to treat each stage.
This novel system is evidence based and it gives a clear decision making sequence to determine the treatment of every wound. We simplify what’s in the research and give you the information to make the best choices in your practice.
Hydrocolloid, hydrofiber, hydrogel, foams; with so many dressing types it can seem impossible to keep track. We go over each type and when to use them. We also give guidance on where these each fit in the DIME algorithm approach.
But, it doesn’t even need to be this complicated. The vast majority of wounds can be managed with far less. With just 4 basic wound care supplies you can treat the vast majority of wounds. Check out our simple and minimalist approach to wound care.
These are our top myths that need to be debunked in the wound care world. Some of them may surprise you and change how you practice wound care everyday.
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After completing the course every student receives a Certificate!