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Exploring the Essential Features of “Advanced Treatments in Wound Care – Laura Swoboda”
Advanced Wound Therapies discusses existing and emerging treatment modalities to expedite wound healing in acute and chronic wounds. This presentation reviews the mechanism of action, patient selection, and usage of various methods of advanced wound treatment including negative pressure wound therapy, transcutaneous and hyperbaric oxygen, grafts and matrices, autologous treatments, energy therapies. Completion of the presentation will leave attendees with an understanding of adjunctive interventions to use in combination with biofilm based wound bed preparation to maximize positive outcomes for patients.
Speaker
Laura Swoboda, DNP, APNP, FNP-BC CSWCN-AP®, is a professor of health sciences, family nurse practitioner, and certified wound specialist in Milwaukee metro, Wisconsin. Dr. Swoboda is on the National Pressure Injury Advisory Panel (NPIAP)’s Prophylactic Dressing Standards Initiative Task Force, a member of the editorial board for the Wound Care Learning Network and Wound Management and Prevention, and on the board of directors for the Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nursing Certification Board (WOCNCB) and the Association for the Advancement of Wound Care (AAWC).
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Laura Swoboda has employment relationships with The Healing Institute and Medical College of Wisconsin. She receives a speaking honorarium and consulting fee from Histologics, Hartmann, Convatec, Aroa, AOTI, Innovacyn, Solventum, Smith & Nephew. Dr. Swoboda receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. All relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations have been mitigated.
Non-financial: Dr. Laura Swoboda serves on the board of directors for the Association for the Advancement of Wound Care and the Wound Ostomy Continence Certification Board. She is an editorial board member of Wound Care Learning Network. Dr. Swoboda previously was a consultant for Essity and Innovacyn.
Objectives
- Review benefits and mechanisms of action of various methods of delivering negative pressure would therapy.
- Describe cellular tissue product terminology and classifications.
- Discuss the connection between mechanobiology, biofilm, and energy therapies in chronic wounds.
- Compare patient presentations for consideration of hyperbaric and transcutaneous oxygen therapies.
Outline
Considerations for advanced therapy selection
- Healing process stages
- Wound and periwound tissue assessment
- Wound type
- Insurance considerations
Principles of advanced therapy usage
- Wound bed preparation
Mechanism of action and usage of advanced wound therapies
- Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT)
- Transcutaneous and hyperbaric oxygen
- Grafts and matrices
- Autologous treatments
- Energy therapies
Limitations of advanced wound therapies
- Research gaps
Target Audience
- Nurses
- Nurse Practitioners
- Clinical Nurse Specialists
- Nurse Educators
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