Why the NHS needs to radically rethink chronic wound care Mark Greener details the burden of managing chronic and acute wounds in primary care Prevention of pressure ulcers in community care settings Linda Nazarko looks at how to identify and manage these increasingly common sores Assessment and management of chronic wounds Jacky Edwards outlines how to understand and treat wounds which won’t heal Wound bed preparation: employing the TIME acronym Creating a stable wound bed is an essential part of the healing process, writes Edwin Chamanga Managing wound exudate Managing wound exudate presents significant challenges in clinical practice, despite successful innovation, research and an improved understanding of wound management. By Edwin Chamanga Wound assessment and treatment in primary care Treating wounds in the community requires a new holistic approach, writes Edwin Chamanga Managing pin sites in primary care As the use of external fixation increases, guidance for care is offered by Maria Vincent and Katy Emberton 2 comments Managing non-complex burns Each year, approximately 130,000 people present at A&E with burns injuries, and 10,000 are admitted 1 comment Coping with chronic wounds Are chronic wounds commonly mismanaged? Mark Greener looks at the evidence Holistic assessment: the patient and wound Careful and accurate assessment of a wound and patient maximises wellbeing and healing. Amber Cornforth provides an overview. Managing pain during the removal of wound dressings Pain and trauma during dressing removal causes distress and delays healing. Maureen Benbow explains how nurses can help minimise pain Management of malodour in palliative wound care Georgina Gethin looks at the causes of wound malodour in palliative patients, and current management strategies
Why the NHS needs to radically rethink chronic wound care Mark Greener details the burden of managing chronic and acute wounds in primary care
Prevention of pressure ulcers in community care settings Linda Nazarko looks at how to identify and manage these increasingly common sores
Assessment and management of chronic wounds Jacky Edwards outlines how to understand and treat wounds which won’t heal
Wound bed preparation: employing the TIME acronym Creating a stable wound bed is an essential part of the healing process, writes Edwin Chamanga
Managing wound exudate Managing wound exudate presents significant challenges in clinical practice, despite successful innovation, research and an improved understanding of wound management. By Edwin Chamanga
Wound assessment and treatment in primary care Treating wounds in the community requires a new holistic approach, writes Edwin Chamanga
Managing pin sites in primary care As the use of external fixation increases, guidance for care is offered by Maria Vincent and Katy Emberton 2 comments
Managing non-complex burns Each year, approximately 130,000 people present at A&E with burns injuries, and 10,000 are admitted 1 comment
Coping with chronic wounds Are chronic wounds commonly mismanaged? Mark Greener looks at the evidence
Holistic assessment: the patient and wound Careful and accurate assessment of a wound and patient maximises wellbeing and healing. Amber Cornforth provides an overview.
Managing pain during the removal of wound dressings Pain and trauma during dressing removal causes distress and delays healing. Maureen Benbow explains how nurses can help minimise pain
Management of malodour in palliative wound care Georgina Gethin looks at the causes of wound malodour in palliative patients, and current management strategies