Advanced Treatments in Wound Care

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Laura Swoboda, DNP, APNP, FNP-BC, FNP-C, CWSP Related seminars and products

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Laura Swoboda, DNP, APNP, FNP-BC, FNP-C, CWSP, is a family nurse practitioner and translational scientist at SkinGurus in Milwaukee, WI. Dr Swoboda is on the editorial board of American Nurse Journal, the official journal of the American Nurses Association, and WOUNDS journal. They represent North America on the International Skin Tear Advisory Panel and are President of the Milwaukee Metro Nurse Practitioner Association. Dr Swoboda has won two career lifetime achievement awards under the age of forty as a fellow of both the American Association of Nurse Practitioners and the Wound Ostomy Continence Nurses Association.   

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Laura Swoboda has employment relationships with Third Coast Vascular, MCHC, Cathage College, Skin Gurus, and The Healing Institute. She receives a speaking honorarium and consulting fee from Histologics, Hartmann, HMP, Essity, Convatec, Aroa, AOTI, Innovacyn, Solventum, Smith & Nephew. Dr. Swoboda receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc.
Non-financial: Dr. Laura Swoboda serves on the board of directors for the Wound Ostomy Continence Certification Board. She is an editorial board member of Wound Care Learning Network. Dr. Swoboda previously was a consultant for Essity and Innovacyn.

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Objectives

1. Evaluate the role of oxygen in wound healing.
2. Provide an overview of hyperbaric oxygen therapy history of, devices for delivery, expectations, patient selection.  
3. Provide an overview of transdermal continuous oxygen therapy history of, devices for delivery, expectations, patient selection. 
4. Apply knowledge of oxygen delivery in hard-to-heal wounds in the selection of modalities on patient presentations and goals of care. 

Outline

• Review oxygen as a molecule and the history of oxygen for medical use 
• Discuss the role of oxygen in the wound healing process 
• Limitations in routine blood oxygen transport to the wound site including disease processes that complicate this process 

• Review the history of hyperbaric oxygen therapy and medical organizations that represent its use 
• Establish the definition of hyperbaric oxygen compared to other forms of oxygen delivery  
• Discuss devices for the delivery of hyperbaric oxygen and how patient selection for a mono place vs a multiplace chamber may occur 
• Patients undergoing hyperbaric oxygen must qualify by their medical status, comorbidities, and indications for use 
• Examination approved therapeutic indications vs off-label uses of hyperbaric oxygen 

• What is TCO and how does this differ from other forms of oxygen used in medical care? 
• Techniques and devices for the delivery of TCO vary, and can include multiple devices 
• Discuss current limitations in the use of TCO 
• Review emerging evidence on healing outcomes and ulcer recidivism in the use of TCO therapy 

Target Audience

• Nurses
• Nurse Practitioners
• Physicians Assistants
• Physical Therapists