This course is specifically designed for therapists involved in the evaluation and treatment of wounds to the extremities and torso. Learn current, clinically useful information for the assessment and treatment of acute and chronic wounds,  including the use of appropriate dressings, documentation, and use of modalities to facilitate healing.

Completion of this course does not affect the participants’ legal rights to apply modalities and/or perform sharp debridement. They are governed by state law.

Course Objectives:

At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• identify how ultrasound can facilitate wound healing.
• describe when it is appropriate and inappropriate to apply various modalities for wound healing
• identify the physiological phases of wound healing and implications for treatment.
• use correct nomenclature to classify wounds by depth, tissue type and phase of healing.
• identify common factors and conditions that complicate wound healing.
• understand the role of nutrition in wound healing -perform a wound eval: evaluate, objectify, and appropriately document wound data, intervention, goals, and management.
• identify wound care products and dressings, and effectively choose and appropriately apply products/dressings for a specific wound.
• understand and know when to use different types of debridement tools for wound healing

Agenda

DAY 1

Registration begins at 7:30am
8:00 –8:30am Introduction: Background; team approach
8:30– 9:30am Anatomy of the Skin evaluating the dermis; positioning
9:30-10:00am Phases of wound healing
10:00-10:15am Break
10:15-10:45 am Arterial vs venous ulcers
10:45am-12:00pm Lymphedema Nutrition; Medications; Hydration
12:00-12:45pm Lunch, on your own
12:45-2:15 pm Diabetes and wounds Burns, including stages Electrical injuries
2:15-2:30pm Break
2:30-5:00pm Assessment and Documentation Staging
5:00-5:30 Questions

DAY 2

Registration begins at 7:30am
7:45-8:30am Infections, disease and wounds Bacterial vs viral
8:30-9:30am Debridement as a tool in wound care - Sharp - Enzymatic
9:30-10:15am Dressings—topical management - cover; permeable; alginate; hydrogel; wet-to-dry
10:15-10:30am Break
10:30-11:30am Dressings—topical management — continued
11:30- 12:15pm Discussion of research; Questions
12:15-1:00pm Lunch—on your own
1:00-3:00pm Overview of Modalities:

Ultrasound, electrical stimulation including wound care model, diathermy, IR, UV, hyperbaric 02, negative pressure

3:00-3:15pm Break
3:15-4:00pm Modalities—continued
Questions

CE Credits

15 contact hours

Accepted by many professional credentialing organizations and state professional regulatory boards. Check with your state board/credentialing agency to verify. Certificate of attendance will be issued to all participants upon completion of the course and may be used for CEU verification of credits. CE Credits vary by state. Please check with your state board/certifying agency to confirm conversion of contact hours to CE. See links below.

Physical Therapy Board of California: The Physical Therapy Board of California recognizes Rehab Education, LLC as an approval agency to approve providers offering continuing competency courses for CA licensed PTs and PTAs. This course is approved for 15 contact hours.

California OT Board: This course and instructor have been approved by the CA Board of OT for 6.75 contact hours of post-professional education in the advanced practice area of physical agent modalities. (Approval #22-P1)

Illinois State Board of Physical Therapy: Approved CE Sponsor by Illinois State Board of Physical Therapy, Division of Professional Regulations, #216.000227 for courses completed by 09-30-2012.

North Carolina Board of Physical Therapy Examiners: This course has been approved by virtue of Illinois CE Provider Approval #216.000227 for courses completed by 09-30-2012., for 15 contact hours. (Course must be completed by 09-30-2012)

NY State Physical Therapy Board: Rehab Education, LLC is recognized as an approved of PT and PTA continuing education by the NY State Education Department's Board of Physical Therapy provider for courses completed by 05-13-2013.

BOC Approved Provider #P8271: (For courses completed by 12-31-2012). Rehab Education, LLC is recognized by the Board of Certification, Inc. to offer continuing education for Certified Athletic Trainers.

AOTA Approved Provider #6177. These states currently recognize AOTA Approved Providers for OT continuing education either in regulatory language or by formal written communication to AOTA:

*NBCOT...National Board for Certification of Occupational Therapy (view PDU requirements)
+HTCC... Hand Therapy Certification Commission  (view recertification requirements)

State PT Boards
State OT Boards

Sara Shapiro, MPH, PT has been an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Graduate Program in PT at UCSF/SFSU, where she was a faculty member from 1983 until 2009. She is a graduate of SUNY at Buffalo, and holds an MPH from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, where she also completed a post-graduate fellowship in pediatrics. She has been practicing for 40 years, with certification in NDT and the Baby course.

Sara is presently working as a Clinical Program Manager for Accelerated Care Plus in San Francisco, CA. She continues to be a frequent speaker at conferences, and to mentor new therapists, teach and maintain a small caseload of patients, integrating her knowledge of electrical stimulation and ultrasound for wound care, pain management, women's issues, and rehabilitation of facial paralysis.

Sara is the author of the Electrical Currents chapter in Physical Agents in Rehabilitation, 3rd Edition, M Cameron, ed.

Tuition

Dates & Locations

There are no scheduled workshops at this time.

Please note:
Live courses require a minimum number of participants to operate. You will receive a written confirmation when minimum is met. Do not purchase non-refundable travel until you receive official written confirmation.

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