Thank you to Uniting and Molnlycke for inviting me to present to a very motivated and dedicated team of RNs. When I think of so many of our aged residents, I am reminded of the quote by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross : "The most beautiful people we have known
I had the great privilege of being the Master of Ceremonies for the Inaugural Wounds Australia Conference in Melbourne over November 10 to 12. My congratulations to Geoff Sussman, Andrea Minnis, Leanne Gollasch and their amazing teams for the program design and impeccable organization of the
"Good ideas are not adopted automatically. They must be driven into practice with courageous patience." Hyman Rickover
Thank you to 3M for organising a forum where I could join my mentors and peers in a presentation to Health Minister Sussan Ley concerning the necessity to fund both products and expertise for the management and prevention of venous leg ulcers. A great initiative
A pleasure to be supporting wound awareness week. Travels taking me from Tamworth, to Central Coast and Sydney to support those nurses who are keen to enhance their wound care. Great to have industry support along the way. Pictured is Linda Clarkson from Smith&Nephew with
There are around 250 million surgical procedures performed worlwide per year. Nearly 1/3 of these take place in the Asia-Pacific region. Data suggests that there is a 4% incidence of surgical site infection. Using Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) is thought to reduce surgical site
This is the second composition of WUWHS presentation summaries. 1. Electrical stimulation (ES) devices such as WoundEL and AccelHeal were discussed for hard-to-heal wounds. The next step in development will be to replace the machine-to-patient leads with systems which use wireless microcurrent stimulation. ES benefits have
McGuire, Sebag and Skolnik have recently released a paper (published by Wound Source, 2016) called "Using the Entropic Wound Cycle as the basis for making effective treatment choices." Numerous points of interest are raised by the authors but the comment that struck me was
Thank you to Acelity, ArjoHuntleigh, BBraun and 3M for your significant contribution to today's Empower Nurse Education Leg Ulcer Review Seminar. All seats taken. Excellent delegate and trade interaction. Wonderful evaluations. Congratulations to Michelle Stubbs for convening another very successful event.
It was my privilege to present on behalf of Smith&Nephew a wound management review for nurses working across all sectors of health care. Topics covered included skin A&P, process of wound repair, wound bed preparation, reasons for chronicity, principles of compression therapy and the concepts behind