Is It A Pressure Wound?
Webinar Topic: Wound Care
Speaker: Donald Wollheim, MD, FAPWCA, WCC, DWC
Webinar Description:
Identifying the incorrect etiology of a wound can delay healing, waste money or even get you in big trouble. In this session, learn how to differentiate between pressure and other wounds including: moisture associated skin damage (MASD), diabetic foot ulcers, mucosal pressure ulcers, suspected deep tissue injury or bruise, friction, and split gluteal fold or skin tear.
Target Audience: Nurses, physical therapists, dietitians, and other healthcare professionals interested in wound care.
About the Speaker:
Donald Wollheim MD, FAPWCA, WCC, DWC, Clinical Instructor, faculty for this educational event, and owner and managing member of IMPLEXUS Wound Care Service, LLC, has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose
Disclosures
None of the planners/faculty, unless otherwise noted, for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
Webinar Learning Objectives:
- Identify factors and characteristics needed to determine the etiology of pressure ulcers, diabetic ulcers, mucosal pressure ulcers, and moisture associated skin damage
- Recognize and utilize National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel staging of pressure injuries
Course Originally Released on: 5/27/2021
Date of Most Recent Review: 5/27/2021
Course Termination/ Update Date: 5/31/2024
Accreditation Information
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In support of improving patient care, Relias LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. |
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As a Jointly Accredited organization, Relias LLC is accredited to offer dietetic continuing education by the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR). The CDR is an associate member of Joint Accreditation for Interprofessional Continuing Education.
Dietetics-related continuing education from Relias LLC, regardless of target profession, is acceptable, if the learning relates to the Competencies/Performance Indicators (PIs) on the learner's Step 1 Learning Plan.
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| Relias LLC is a licensed physical therapy continuing Education sponsor (#216.000290) by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. Certificates must be retained by the licensee for a period of 5 years after course completion. Please check with your state for prior approval. |