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 is a collaborative effort between you and your patient. There are numerous wound management guidelines that favor both the clinician and the patient. Top 5 Wound Management Guidelines Wound Cleansing At one time, wounds were cleansed or irrigated with solutions that later proved to be toxic to healthy cells. Most experts now recommend…
Wound care is one of the most rapidly changing and dynamic areas of medicine. New products and techniques are emerging all the time, and it is important for the wound care practitioner to keep up to date with advances in wound care in order to be able to continue to offer best current practice. It…
Ulceration of the lower limb affects 1% of the adult population and 3.6% of people older than 65 years. Leg ulcers are debilitating and painful and greatly reduce patients’ quality of life. Ulcer healing has been shown to restore quality of life. Use the resources below to learn more about lower extremity wounds. Please note;…
The pace of change in wound care represents both an opportunity and a challenge to health care professionals. It is exciting to be part of such a growing and changing field, but it is also important that healthcare professionals ensure that their knowledge is current. Use these wound care resources to help ensure your practices…
Effective wound measurement is pivotal to effective wound management. It is essential to be able to assess the rate of closure of a wound in order to assess the effectiveness of current treatment strategies, and adapt as appropriate. Wound photography can play a huge role in tracking progress and documenting, as long as it is…
It can be argued that wound bed preparation is the one concept that has had the greatest impact on wound management practices over recent years. Wound bed preparation relies on a holistic view of a chronic wound in order to identify barriers to healing. The fundamental principles of wound bed preparation can be captured in…
Most spider bites are harmless and can easily be treated at home using an over-the-counter pain remedy in conjunction with a cooling pack or wet cloth to relieve any swelling. These local reactions usually resolve without further wound treatment over a period of 7–10 days. Occasionally, an individual can develop an allergic reaction to a…
As we have seen in previous weeks, calciphylaxis is a severe and complex syndrome involving vascular calcification, thrombosis, and skin necrosis. Calciphylaxis occurs almost exclusively in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD), and has a dismal mortality rate of around 80 percent (with a 1-year mortality greater than 50 percent).(1) No Evidence-Based Medical Treatments…
As we have seen over previous weeks, necrotizing fasciitis (NF) is a relatively uncommon but potential devastating infection of the soft tissues. It can begin as an existing infection in an innocuous wound such as a bite or a scratch but progresses so rapidly that diagnosis and treatment are often left far behind. NF is…
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