Dr Aletha Tippett is a member of the Advanced Wound Team with the Hope of Healing Foundation in the USA. She recently reported on the modern day utilisation of leech therapy and described this modality being used for the following indications : surgical flap salvage,
In collaboration with the Australian College of Nursing, I am presenting a two-day "Wound Management Update" at the John Hunter Hospital on April 10&11, 2017. This CPD short course (12 hours) is designed for registered and enrolled nurses who provide wound care in the acute
A Turkish report states that up to 40% of long term condom catheter (urodome) users will develop a UTI. As many as 15% will experience skin injuries including inflammation, ulceration and necrosis. Ozkan,HS; Irkoren,S; Sivrioglu,N Penile strangulation and necrosis due to condom catheter. Int Wound J 2015;12:248-249
The NSW Falls Prevention Program is a practical resource for every patient and resident care facility which when implemented may well reduce both the number and severity of falls. The link is : http://www.cec.health.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/258468/hosp-falls-prevent-strategies-june-2013.pdf The image is of an injury to the knee of a patient on
It is my great pleasure to anounce the commencement of a collaboration between Ausmed Education and The Wound Guy. Keep an eye on both the Ausmed and Wound Guy websites for wound management education training dates.
Ibuprofen is known to reduce collagen cross-linking in those individuals repairing their wounds - potentially weakening the tensile strength of the skin. The effect is dose dependent and usually resolves once the medication has been ceased. In recent years there has been an increase in
Nast and colleagues recently wrote about how silicone products can improve a scar's presentation, along with reducing the risk of hypertrophic scar formation or helping accelerate its resolution. This of course has relevance for those individuals with a predisposition to abnormal scarring such as those
A/Prof Geoff Sussman's excellent presentation at the 2016 Wounds Australia Conference has been reproduced in the December 2016 edition of Wound Practice and Research. Geoff discusses the matter of antimicrobial resistance and he reaffirms the WHO 2014 statement that
Dr Adam Johnson describes how poorly controlled blood glucose leads to the loss of elasticity and shock absorption capacity of tendon, ligaments and skin. He suggests that these changes in combination with alterations in the foot's bony architecture results in the elevated risk of foot ulceration
An article written by the Queensland University of Technology research team of Parker, Finlayson & Edwards and published in the November 2016 edition of the Journal of Wound Care, describes a range of clinical predictors for delayed healing in venous leg ulcers. The list of