Chronic Wound Management
For this month's WoundSource Practice Accelerator series, we are providing education on a variety of topics related to the management of chronic wounds. Scroll below to read this month's white paper and articles, to print out our quick fact sheet, and to sign up for this month's webinar.
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Upcoming Webinar
Chronic Wounds and Inflammation: What's the Relation?
Thursday, September 29Alisha Oropallo, MD, FACS, FSVS, FAPWCA, FABWMS
Objectives:
- Describe the mechanism of inflammation
- Examine the relationship between inflammation and chronic wounds
- Discuss the importance of using products that manage and reduce inflammation to prompt healing
- Demonstrate how these products can be integrated into patient care
White Paper
What Is a Chronic Wound? Assessment and Identification
Chronic wounds may have various etiologies, exist in multiple anatomic locations, and have numerous contributing factors. Understanding underlying health conditions, identifying key findings and risk factors, knowing the signs of infection, and the recognizing the impact of biofilm are all essential to a successful approach to chronic wounds....Fact Sheet
Quick Facts - Chronic Wound Management
The inflammatory phase of healing is often where wound healing stalls or fails. Wounds that do not improve or that worsen after 6 weeks of standard care are considered chronic or hard-to-heal wounds. The TIMERS framework of wound bed preparation and the "step down, step up" approach are evidence-based protocols that promote wound healing. If chronicity develops despite these measures, wounds may respond to advanced therapies such as cellular and/or tissue-based products or negative pressure woun...Featured Articles
Defining Chronic Wounds
The term chronic wound is frequently used when discussing challenges in wound care, and it is widely recognized as a wound state that presents a formidable public health challenge. Although this term has been used since the 1950s to describe wounds that are difficult to heal or those that do not fol...
Read MoreChronic Wounds and Biofilm
Wound healing is a complicated process that restores the skin's barrier function to prevent further damage or infection. The healing process normally progresses through 4 phases: hemostasis, inflammation, proliferation, and remodeling. However, a chronic wound may result when a wound fails to progre...
Read MoreCellular and/or Tissue-Based Products: Helping to Close Chronic Wounds
Wound healing typically progresses through four phases: hemostasis, inflammation, cell proliferation or granulation and repair, and epithelialization and remodeling of scar tissue. Clinicians should achieve wound closure through a standardized framework such as the TIMERS (tissue management, infecti...
Read MoreChronic Wound Care: How Do We Achieve Closure?
When a wound fails to progress through the phases of healing in a timely fashion despite the standard of care wound treatment provided, advanced therapies may be warranted. Wound care often needs a multifaceted approach that involves the treatment of entire patient, not just the wound. Clinicians sh...
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