Selecting the Right Wound Dressings and Bandages

Selecting the Right Wound Dressings and Bandages

I think anyone who deals with patients with wounds will agree that selecting the right wound dressings and bandages is crucial to wound healing. It may also be the most challenging part of wound management! With so many choices in wound dressings and bandages, it’s easy to become confused. To simplify matters, there are a…

Home Wound Care That Is As Good As Any Hospital

Home Wound Care That Is As Good As Any Hospital

These days, many patients are discharged prematurely from the hospital. Home care nurses and community health workers may be overwhelmed caring for patients with complicated wounds for home wound care. Patients who have less complicated wounds are often discharged home to care for their own wounds with little instruction as to how they can facilitate wound…

Understanding Composite Wound Dressings

Understanding Composite Wound Dressings

Composite wound dressings combine different types of dressings with several functions in one single dressing that can address different needs.  They can be used as a primary and/or secondary dressing and feature an absorptive layer, and a strike-through barrier. Composite Wound Dressings Are Versatile These dressings are versatile and convenient offering options for both partial…

Why Diabetic Wound Care Clinicians Need Specialized Training

Why Diabetic Wound Care Clinicians Need Specialized Training

Diabetic wounds are different from any other wounds. Diabetic wound care requires specialized training due to the propensity for diabetic wounds to heal slowly and take a turn for the worse very quickly. Clinicians working in diabetic wound care must have the necessary knowledge to recognize complications and intervene appropriately. The consequences of poorly managed…

The Support (or Lack Thereof) for Serial Debridement

The Support (or Lack Thereof) for Serial Debridement

Although many of us intuitively know that serial debridement works (we’ve seen the results), as healthcare professionals we must base our practice on evidence-based knowledge. I went searching for the evidence to support this practice and was surprised that I could not find reams of studies supporting serial debridement. If we know it works and…

The Best Wound Healing Products You’ve Never Heard Of

Wound Healing Products Think you’ve seen or heard about them all? Here are some wound healing products that you may not know about. MediHoney Calcium Alginate dressing You’ve probably heard about the use of sterile medical-grade honey for treating wounds, but you may not have seen it combined into a wound healing product like this…

Wound Care Specialists: Five Skills That Set Them Apart

Wound care specialists have certain skills that are needed to succeed in this challenging subspecialty. The following attributes and skills are what will set you apart from your peers and put you head and shoulders above the rest: A lifelong love of learning – wound care specialists are constantly learning new techniques, skills and treatments…