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Exploring the Essential Features of “Nilma Elias Santiago – Pressure Injuries: The Latest Guidelines”
Speaker: Nilma Z. Elias Santiago, PT, DPT, WCC, CWCP, CLT, OMS
Duration: 1 Hour 49 Minutes
Format: Audio and Video
Copyright: Jul 28, 2023
Media Type: Digital Seminar
Description
Keeping up with the literature on pressure injuries is always a challenge for busy clinicians. In this session, we will cover a range of topics including epidemiology, staging, risk assessment, management, and pressure relief. This information will help clinicians incorporate new data into their clinical practice.
Speaker
Nilma Z. Elias Santiago, PT, DPT, WCC, CWCP, CLT, OMS
Integumentary Physiotherapy Clinic
Nilma Z. Elias Santiago, PT, DPT, WCC, CWCP, CLT, OMS, is a licensed physical therapist, a board-certified wound care specialist, a certified lymphedema therapist, and a certified ostomy management specialist. With over ten years of experience in wound care, she opened a private wound care practice in Florida that offers lymphedema, ostomy, and wound care services. Dr. Santiago is also an adjunct faculty of AT Still University in Mesa, Arizona, teaching physical therapists that are completing their post-professional doctorate in physical therapy. She has written articles published in healthcare magazines and presented a poster at the World Confederation of Physical Therapy in 2007, and in the 2018 Summit of the Association of Rehabilitation Nurses.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Nilma Z. Elias-Santiago maintains a private practice. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Nilma Z. Elias-Santiago is a member of the American Physical Therapy Association.
Objectives
- Determine the etiology, prevalence, common sites, and risk factors for pressure injuries.
- Differentiate between stages of pressure injuries and moisture-associated skin damage.
- Implement different pressure injury risk assessment tools.
- Discuss pressure injury management approaches.
- Discuss preventative measures and the importance of pressure relief.
Outline
Overview of Pressure Injuries
- Etiology of pressure injuriesÂ
- Prevalence
- Risk factors of developing pressure injuries
- Common sites
Risk Assessment and Stages of pressure injuriesRisk Assessment Tools
- Stages of pressure injuries
- Moisture-associated skin damage
Management Approaches
Preventative measures and the importance of pressure relief Air mattresses
- Dressings
- Cushion
Case study
Target Audience
- Occupational Therapist
- Occupational Therapy Assistant
- Physical Therapist
- Physical Therapist Assistant
- Registered NurseÂ
- Licensed Practical Nurse/Licensed Vocational NurseÂ
- Certified Nurse Assistant
- Medical Assistant
- Nursing Home Administrator
- Nurse PractitionerÂ
- Podiatrist
- Physician Assistant/AssociateÂ
- Physician
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