The Wound Care Course for Pharmacy Assistants

Covers the roles of the Pharmacy Assistant in supporting a Wound Care Service in community pharmacy, latest wound care recommendations and evidence-based product selection.

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Hi I'm Lusi and I'm passionate about all things wound care! I am a credentialed Wound Care Clinician and helped establish pharmacy-based Wound Care and Compression clinics in WA. My goal is help more pharmacists provide optimal wound care outcomes and forge a new career pathway.

Included materials

Protocols, latest wound care guidelines & product recommendations

Printable protocols to pharmacy-based Wound Care Service delivery
Printable Wound assessment-based management template
Interviews with Wound Care experts on Skin tears, Burns, Wound infections

Course curriculum

1. Objectives
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2. Scope of practice of Pharmacy Assistants
3. The 'ACED' Wound Service model
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4. Our role is to Assess
5. Our role is to Collaborate
6. Our role is to Educate
7. Our role is to Deliver
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8. Clinical decision making
9. Wound Care Service planning
10. Documentation & Photography
11. Dressing Selection
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12. References
13. Module 1: Quiz
1. Objectives
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2. Slides for Module 2
3. Skin composition
4. Moist wound healing
5. What's the evidence?
6. Moisture balance
7. The role of Exudate
8. The role of Dressings
9. The power of Education
10. Discussion: please submit your response in the Pharmacy Wound Care Community Group
11. References
12. Module 2: Quiz
1. Objectives
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2. Slides for Module 3
3. Wound bed assessment
4. Stages of wound healing
5. Factors affecting healing
6. Tetanus status
7. The T.I.M.E framework
8. T: Tissue
9. I: Infection (The Infection Continuum)
10. I: Infection (signs and symptoms)
11. I: Infection (diagnosis)
12. M: Moisture
13. M: Moisture (types of exudate)
14. E: Edge
15. Assessment: Periwound, Size & Pain
16. The T.I.M.E. template
17. The T.I.M.E assessment tool
18. Wound bed preparation: TIME in practice
19. Wound bed preparation: TIME for an update
20. References
21. Module 3: Quiz
1. Objectives
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2. Slides for Module 4
3. What is Wound Bed Preparation (or wound hygiene)?
4. Wound cleansing
5. Wound cleansing examples
6. Aseptic: clean/standard technique
7. Demonstration: Wound Cleansing
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8. Antiseptics and the evidence
9. Non-toxic cleansers
10. Wound debridement
11. Biofilms and Antimicrobial stewardship (AMS)
12. Autolytic/enzymatic debridement
13. Refashioning wound edge
14. Dressing application
15. Advising patients on changing dressings at home
16. Managing open-but-unused dressings
17. IWII: Wound Infection in Clinical Practice (2022)
18. Wounds Australia Aseptic Technique (2018)
19. Local-infection wound continuum
20. Convatec: wound hygiene
21. References
22. Discussion: Please submit your response in the Pharmacy Wound Care Community Group
23. Module 4: Quiz
1. Objectives
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2. Role of pharmacist and team
3. Dressing selection
4. The function of dressings
5. Primary and secondary dressings
6. Assessment-based management
7. Exudate management
8. Goal for 'dry' to 'moist' wounds
9. Goal and dressings for dry wounds
10. Hydrogels
11. Application of hydrogels
12. Silicone contact layer
13. Application of silicone contact layer
14. Goal and dressings for moist wounds
15. Island dressings
16. Applying and removing island dressings
17. Demonstration: Adhesive remover wipe
18. Application of island dressings
19. Silicone foam lite (with + without border)
20. Application of Silicone foam (lite)
21. Hydrocolloids
22. Fixation/retention dressings
23. References
24. Discussion: Please submit your response in the Pharmacy Wound Care Community Group
25. Module 5: Quiz
1. Objectives
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2. Goal for 'wet' wounds
3. Referral and exudate assessment
4. Dressings for 'wet wounds'
5. Silicone foam dressing (with border)
6. Silicone foam dressings (bordered): how does it work?
7. Dressing application: silicone foam (with border)
8. Dressing changes: silicone foam (with border)
9. Fixation of dressing borders
10. Silicone foam dressings (without border) & application
11. Calcium alginate dressings
12. Demonstration: calcium alginate dressing for bleeding cessation
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13. Dressings for 'very wet' wounds
14. Gelling fiber dressings
15. Application of gelling fibre dressings
16. Superabsorber dressings
17. Demonstration of superabsorber dressings
18. Secondary dressing options
19. Waterproof protectors
20. References
21. Discussion: Please submit your response in the Pharmacy Wound Care Community Group
22. Module 6: Quiz
1. Objectives
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2. The Wound Infection Continuum
3. Local infection
4. Spreading infection
5. Biofilms - what are they?
6. Antimicrobials - what's the difference?
7. Antiseptics and cytotoxicity
8. Antiseptics and cytotoxicity
9. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
10. Wound sampling
11. Topical antimicrobial use
12. Topical antimicrobial options
13. Medical grade honey (MGH)
14. Demonstration: Medical Grade Honey + silicone foam dressing
15. Case study: graze (Tom)
16. Enzyme alginogel
17. Silver dressings
18. Demonstration: Atrauman Ag + silicone foam dressing
19. Demonstration: Silicone Ag Foam + film dressing
20. Iodine-based antimicrobials
21. Demonstration: Iodosorb ointment + silicone foam dressing
22. DACC dressings
23. Demonstration: Sorbact compress + silicone foam dressing
24. Topical antimicrobial case examples
25. Antiseptic cleansers (non-cytotoxic)
26. Antimicrobial biofilm wound gel (NEW)
27. Further reading
28. Topical antimicrobial selection guide
29. References
30. Please submit your response in the Pharmacy Wound Care Community Group
31. Module 7: Quiz
1. Post-course Part 1: Survey
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2. Certificate of completion

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