This continuing education program will provide the learner with the essential knowledge required to understand wound healing. Wound etiology and assessment information will provided a basic understanding of how wound management principles and practice, including negative pressure wound therapy, promote wound healing.
Objectives:
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Introduce the learner to basic wound anatomy and physiology including the definition of a wound, an explanation of how wounds are classified and an overview of wound healing.
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Provide the learner with descriptions of key wound assessment parameters.
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Instruct the learner on the science of NPWT by providing the learner with an understanding of the current experimental and clinical evidence-base which demonstrates how this treatment effects wound healing.
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Introduce the learner to the different types of acute and chronic wounds and their etiology. Once there is a basic understanding of wound etiology the learner will better understand how the principles of wound management effect and contribute to wound healing.
