Every winter I see patients who experience deep burns from their hot water bottles. The devices are wrapped but often placed directly over areas of skin. The dissipation of heat into tissue is slow and insidious. The contact time is many minutes or even hours.
English Microbiologists Leahy-Gilmartin and Edwards-Jones recently wrote a paper which compared laboratory testing methods on silver dressings. My summary of their findings are : Silver dressings (generically) have a greater antimicrobial effect against Gram negative bacteria than against Gram positive bacteria - including MRSA. Nanocrystalline silver is bacteriocidal
Dr Robin Berzin, CEO of Parsley Health and a Well+Good Council member, recently wrote a thought provoking and informative blog entitled "5 ways you can actually slow the aging process." She stresses that there is no magic therapy to reverse ageing and that this systemic (unavoidable)
Ipswich Touch Test : Dr G Rayman from the UK has devised a simple test that can be used to assess for the presence of neuropathy in the feet of a person who has diabetes. The beauty of this method is that it does not
Western Australian podiatrist, Jo Scheepers, recently wrote a fascinating article in Wounds International 2018 - entitled "Assessment and consideration of foot risk factors is essential for proactive prevention of hospital-acquired foot pressure injuries." In essence she compared the ability of both the Braden Scale and
Debridement is an essential component of wound bed preparation for chronic or non-healing wounds. However, how debridement is actually done has proven to be problematic for many nurses as often surgical or sharp methodologies (whilst the gold standard) are essentially in the domain of the
Right now millions of people worldwide are living with a non-healing wound. We need to enhance their well-being, providing them with interventions which are evidence based and goal directed. Here at The Wound Guy we want to help you to help them through excellent wound care. Together we
Residents of the East Coast of Australia this is a little reminder for you. The summer months are the mating season for the funnel web spider, so the males become “ wanderers”, leaving the burrow to look for a mate. Whilst wandering, they can become trapped
An excellent reminder today from a pharmacist colleague who was discussing the therapeutic variations that are observed when topical (patch) medications are applied to the skin of those individuals of advanced age. Due to reductions in corneocyte thickness, lipid volume and dermal vascularity the desired
A recent report on ABC News described a current case of Necrotising Fasciitis in Victoria, Australia. This is a timely reminder to health care clinicians to be mindful of the etiology and presentation of this rare but devastating infection. https://www.cdc.gov/features/necrotizingfasciitis/index.html