Patients with a burn injury can present anywhere seeking care; a local urgent care, emergency department, or primary care clinic, for example. Would you know what to do if faced with this type of patient? Do you treat the patient or refer them somewhere…
An Algorithm for Nurses As a longtime healthcare provider, Frank Aviles Jr., PT, CWS, FACCWS, CLT, would like to believe that most wound care patients have the benefit of being treated by clinicians who are informed on best practices per evidence-based medicine (EBM). But…
Apps, HydroClean and Honey? According to PR Newswire, the wound care biologics market is expected to earn 1.42 billion US dollars in 2018. That number is expected to skyrocket by the year 2023, when the market is expected to increase to 2.26 billion US…
As a nurse, you will see and care for a lot of different wounds on the job. Naturally, you will run into patients with certain lifestyles or medications among other things that affect their skin to heal properly. Here is a compiled handy list…
When using traditional culture methods, it takes labs 24 to 72 hours to detect the presence of an infection in a wound. Culture swabs collected from wounds are incubated, but the tests aren’t always 100% accurate. A wound infection isn’t always detected, and the…
Patient Care Vol. 31 • Issue 10 • Page 18 Primary lymphedema, and lymphedema in general, is one of the most poorly understood, relatively underestimated, and frequently misdiagnosed diseases of the vascular system. It is often treated ineffectively with diuretic medications. Lymphedema manifests as…
The staff of Advanced Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine at MidState Medical Center, Meriden, Conn., cares for a unique patient population, and many have hardships that make compliance with goals for their care extremely difficult. We treat each patient as an individual and work…
Caring for chronic wounds often consumes a large part of a nurse’s workday. We strive to provide better treatment for our patients. But like physicians, we have little education and training specific to wound care. We often learn it through trial and error. Meanwhile,…
Each year, two families of poisonous snakes have fatal encounters with their human neighbors. As warmer weather encroaches, hikers, athletes, gardeners and most anyone who spends a good deal of time outdoors is especially vulnerable to being bitten by a potentially venomous snake. In…
Wound care is an interdisciplinary area of medicine that relies on the collaborative expertise of physicians, nurses, nutritionists, physical therapists and social workers. Moving forward, healthcare professionals will need to ensure that all patients with wounds are offered consistently high-quality care. The Centers for…