Wednesday – Wounds

Deborah Sinclair BSc(Nsg), MN, STN1 1St John of God Public and Private Hospital Midland, PO Box 1254, Midland WA 6936. Deborah.Sinclair@sjog.org.au Pyoderma gangrenosum is a relatively rare disease caused by immune dysfunction and classified as a neutrophilic dermatosis. The relative rarity...
  • October 19, 2016
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Keryln Carville RN , STN(Cred), PhD1 1Professor Primary Health Care and Community Nursing, Silver Chain and Curtin University   Wound prevention and management is fundamental core business for all health professionals regardless of discipline or setting. Global ageing and associated increases...
  • October 17, 2016
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Elizabeth Ryan, RN1 1Grad. Cert (Advanced Wound Care), Certificate in Stomal Therapy, Certificate in Breast Cancer Nursing, Certificate IV in Workplace Training and Assessment, Monash Health, Casey Hospital, Berwick, Victoria, 3806, Australia. Elizabeth.ryan@monashhealth.org   Background: Wounds surrounded by fragile or damaged skin present problems...
  • October 17, 2016
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Phil Geldard1 1CNS Wound, Stoma & Continence Management, St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital, Queensland, Australia   Everyday, people are living with a condition known as Hidradenitis Suppurativa (HS).  Hidradenitis Suppurativa (HS) is a disorder that affects apocrine glands in the axillae, groin...
  • October 17, 2016
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Kelly VICKERS, RN1 1Stomal Therapy Nurse, Clinical Practice Consultant, Lyell McEwin Hospital, Haydown Road Elizabeth Vale, South Australia, 5114, kelly.vickers@sa.gov.au   Introduction: VAC Therapy has become an integral part of wound care and management around the world. It can be beneficial...
  • October 17, 2016
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Wendy Sansom1 1Box Hill Hospital, Arnold Street, Box Hill, Victoria, 3128   The integrity of the peristomal skin is vital not only for patient comfort, body image, self esteem etc, but for the maintenance of a leak proof appliance.  Nurses...
  • October 17, 2016
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