Kristin Osborn is a specialist lymphoedema & lipoedema therapist in Newcastle NSW. She is a member of the Australasian Lymphology Association and a regular presenter on this subject throughout the Hunter region. Kristin has kindly consented to having her contact details and website address added
I am thrilled to announce that from mid December 2016 I am joining the Mt Wilga Private Hospital team for two days per week as educator and clinician in wound, continence and lymphoedema management. The Wound Guy enterprise continues to expand and the alliance with
Thank you to Uniting and Molnlycke for inviting me to present to a very motivated and dedicated team of RNs. When I think of so many of our aged residents, I am reminded of the quote by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross : "The most beautiful people we have known
I had the great privilege of being the Master of Ceremonies for the Inaugural Wounds Australia Conference in Melbourne over November 10 to 12. My congratulations to Geoff Sussman, Andrea Minnis, Leanne Gollasch and their amazing teams for the program design and impeccable organization of the
"Good ideas are not adopted automatically. They must be driven into practice with courageous patience." Hyman Rickover
Thank you to 3M for organising a forum where I could join my mentors and peers in a presentation to Health Minister Sussan Ley concerning the necessity to fund both products and expertise for the management and prevention of venous leg ulcers. A great initiative
A pleasure to be supporting wound awareness week. Travels taking me from Tamworth, to Central Coast and Sydney to support those nurses who are keen to enhance their wound care. Great to have industry support along the way. Pictured is Linda Clarkson from Smith&Nephew with
There are around 250 million surgical procedures performed worlwide per year. Nearly 1/3 of these take place in the Asia-Pacific region. Data suggests that there is a 4% incidence of surgical site infection. Using Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) is thought to reduce surgical site
This is the second composition of WUWHS presentation summaries. 1. Electrical stimulation (ES) devices such as WoundEL and AccelHeal were discussed for hard-to-heal wounds. The next step in development will be to replace the machine-to-patient leads with systems which use wireless microcurrent stimulation. ES benefits have
Today the International Skin Tear Advisory Panel (ISTAP) provided sessional presentations and case studies on skin tear management at the WUWHS 2016 meeting in Florence, Italy. Anecdotally many health care clinicians report seeing many of these kind of wounds. However, the true nature of