Undisturbed Wound Healing
In this webinar the audience will learn about the definitions of undisturbed wound healing and review case studies utilising different dressings to promote undisturbed wound healing. Watch 15-minute version below or click on the button below to watch the full webinar on-demand. Subtitles available for Chinese, Brazilian Portuguese, Portuguese, Spanish, German, French and Italian.
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Undisturbed Wound Healing
Dr. Tod Brindle, Dot Weir, and Karen Edwards will share:
- A brief discussion on the multiple definitions of undisturbed wound healing
- Case studies that utilise some traditional dressings and newer options to promote undisturbed wound healing on a variety of cases
- The impact leaving a dressing in place can have on the patient, the wound, the practitioner, and the costs
Meet the speakers
Karen Edwards, BSN RN MSS CWON
Certified Wound, Ostomy and Continence care nurse, University of Alabama, Birmingham
Expert knowledge in wound care, prevention and deep experience in Home Health nursing, intensive care. Certified diabetes educator.
Dot Weir, RN CWS CWON Certified Wound and Ostomy Nurse
Certified Wound Specialist. Co-chair for SAWC and founding Board Member of the AAWC. Consultant and educator at Catholic Health’s Advanced Wound Healing Center, Buffalo, NY.
Dr. Tod Brindle, MD PhD Medical Director, Mölnlycke Health Care, US
Wound care clinical lead at Medical College of Virginia, VCU Medical Center, Richmond, Virginia. Former board member of the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Magnet Commission Board, Board of Directors for AAWC and former co-chair for WOCN National Conference Planning Committee
Learn more about Undisturbed wound healing through these published articles:
- JWC, Undisturbed wound healing: a narrative review of the literature and clinical considerations, Tod Brindle & Pete Farmer (205 kB)
- JWC, Understanding undisturbed wound healing in clinical practice — a global survey of healthcare professionals, Phil Davies, John Stephenson, Carole Manners (389 kB)
- JWC, Taking the trauma out of wound care: the importance of undisturbed healing, (190 kB)
