Clinical Skills Wound Care Workshop
- Speaker:
- M. Dolores Farrer, DPM, MBA, CWS®
- Duration:
- 6 Hours 02 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Copyright:
-
Apr 17, 2025
- Product Code:
- POS078290
- Media Type:
- Digital Seminar
Description
You are on the front lines of providing care to patients with a variety of skin and wound conditions. Your decisions and skills play a critical role in patient wound healing outcomes. This responsibility comes with challenges, as the field of wound care is constantly evolving. There are many patient considerations to design each individualized wound treatment plan.
This brand new Clinical Skills Wound Care Workshop will advance your insights and take your skills to the next level! Wound care expert, Dolores Farrer, DPM, MBA, CWS, has packed proven wound care healing strategies throughout this comprehensive event.
Dig deep into the complexities of chronic wound management and cost saving strategies. Explore the latest on medication and dressing combinations that lead to improved healing results. Dr. Farrer will deliver essential updates and best practice techniques on pressure injury staging, tissue type identification, undermining, tunneling, fissures, and surgical dehiscence. Take away how to best address bioburden, choose the best wound dressing for the patient scenario, and which tissue-based therapy is most advantageous.
Using wound care models, online technologies, and interactive case studies, Dr. Farrer will provide a hands-on clinical lab to demonstrate practical tips for use in your own wok setting. Practice diagnostic skills, measurement, offloading, and optimal application of wound care products.
Your confidence will be elevated as you incorporate current wound care guidelines into patient care. Purchase today … for this excellent learning experience!
Credit
Handouts/Brochure
| File type | File name | Number of pages | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manual - Clinical Skills Wound Care Workshop (13.8 MB) | 129 Pages | Available after Purchase |
Speaker
M. Dolores Farrer, DPM, MBA, CWS® Related seminars and products
M. Dolores Farrer, DPM, MBA, CWS®, is a surgically trained podiatrist involved in wound care and limb salvage for over 32 years. She has been board-certified by the American Board of Wound Management (ABWH) since 2003 and proudly serves as secretary on the board of directors for the Association for the Advancement of Wound Care (AAWC) for over four years.
Dr. Farrer works with a comprehensive multi-specialty wound care and hyperbaric oxygen therapy clinic in Columbia, South Carolina. She trains new wound care clinicians and uses real-world evidence with patient-centered outcomes that have resulted in above-average healing rates and decreased amputation rates. Dr. Farrer has experience in private practice, hospital inpatient, outpatient wound clinics, and nursing homes.
She enjoys sharing her knowledge and experience as a wound care expert in national speaking engagements. Dr. Farrer graduated from the Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine and obtained her MBA in her hometown of New Orleans, LA.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dolores Farrer is the owner of Lagniappe Wound Care Consultants, LLC. She has an employment relationship with Physicians Footcare, and she receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. Dolores Farrer has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dolores Farrer is a Diplomate for the American Board of Wound Management and the American Board of Wound Healing, and a Fellow and Board of Directors Secretary for the Association for the Advancement of Wound Care.
Additional Info
Access for Self-Study (Non-Interactive)Access never expires for this product.
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Objectives
- Distinguish between different tissue types found in chronic wounds.
- Determine the wound etiology to contribute to the treatment plan.
- Differentiate between acceptable terminology to document peri-wound status.
- Demonstrate accurate measurement and documentation of wounds, tunneling and undermining.
- Analyze the various dressing types to include indications for use, necessary precautions and possible contraindications.
- Develop an appropriate dressing/treatment protocol for a wound based upon presentations.
Outline
Wound Bed Tissue Types: Presentation & Treatment- Epithelial Tissue
- Granulation Tissue
- Healthy Granulation
- Hypergranulation
- Fibrin
- Scaffolding for granulation
- Characteristics of presentation
- Necrotic – When to remove, when to leave alone
- Slough - Devitalized
- Eschar - Devitalized
- Dry Gangrene - Necrosis
- Epiboly – Rolled Edges
- Hyperkeratotic – Dry, Calloused Edges
- Epithelialization
- Peri-Wound Issues
- Macerated
- Desiccated
- Erythema
- Indurated
- Atrophic/Fibrotic
- Wound staging
- Tissue type identification
- Proper measuring techniques
- Tunneling/Undermining
- Taking pictures
- Phases of Healing
- Etiology, Appearance, Location, Exudates of:
- Arterial Insufficiency
- Venous Insufficiency
- Diabetic/Neuropathic
- Pressure Injury
- Skin Tears
HANDS-ON CLINICAL SKILL: Application of football dressing and other off-loading techniques
Wound Care Products
- Hydrogel, Hydrocolloid, Collagen
- Calcium Alginate/Hydrofiber
- Silver products, Foam, Honey
- Multi-layer compression
- Gauze/Composite
- Exudate determines dressing
- Dry/Minimally Draining Wounds
- Hydrogel
- Oil emulsions
- Combinations
- Moderate/Heavy/Copious Drainage
- Alginates/Hydrofibers
- Topical Medications
- Critically Colonized/Infected Wounds/Biofilm
- Silver Dressings
- Silver Alginates/Hydrofibers, Hydrogels and Collagens
- Antimicrobial impregnated dressings
- Enzymatic debriders
- Cadexomer Iodine
- High-Osmolarity Surfactant (HOS)
- Cleansing agents and other topicals
- Cellular Tissue Products
- Autografts, Allografts, Xenografts
- Proper Application and Cost Considerations
Target Audience
- Nurses
- Nurse Practitioners
- Physician Assistants
- Physical Therapists
- Occupational Therapists
- Physicians
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