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.
PART 1 is suitable for pharmacists and interns.
The roles of pharmacist: "This can range from providing first aid, to identifying and prescribing for different wound types, to providing education and support to those living with wounds and associated conditions." (Wounds UK, 2016)
Module 1: The roles of the pharmacist and team, the secret to the 'ACED' Wound Care Service Model
Module 2: The Moist wound healing concept
Module 3: Assessment-based Wound management
Module 4: The importance of Wound bed preparation
Module 5: The dressing selection Formula 1
Module 6: The dressing selection Formula 2
Module 7: Tackling wound infection with topical antimicrobials
Objectives
FREE PREVIEWSlides for Module 1
Scope of practice of Pharmacists + Team
FREE PREVIEWThe 'ACED' Wound Service model
FREE PREVIEWOur role is to Assess
Our role is to Collaborate
Our role is to Educate
Our role is to Deliver
FREE PREVIEWClinical decision making
Wound Care Service planning
Documentation & Photography
Dressing Selection
FREE PREVIEWReferences
2023 Australian Standards for Wound Prevention and Management 4th
Module 1: Quiz
Australian Standards for Wound Prevention and Management
Objectives
FREE PREVIEWSlides for Module 2
Skin composition
FREE PREVIEWMoist wound healing
What's the evidence?
Moisture balance
The role of Exudate
The role of Dressings
The power of Education
Discussion: please submit your response in the Wound Care Community Group
References
Module 2: Quiz
Objectives
FREE PREVIEWSlides for Module 3
Wound bed assessment
Stages of wound healing
Factors affecting healing
Tetanus status
The T.I.M.E framework
T: Tissue
I: Infection (The Infection Continuum)
I: Infection (signs and symptoms)
I: Infection (diagnosis)
M: Moisture
M: Moisture (types of exudate)
E: Edge
Assessment: Periwound, Size & Pain
The T.I.M.E. template
The T.I.M.E assessment tool
Wound bed preparation: TIME in practice
Wound bed preparation: TIME for an update
Reducing practice variation in wound assessment
References
Module 3: Quiz
Objectives
FREE PREVIEWSlides for Module 4
What is Wound Bed Preparation (or wound hygiene)?
Wound cleansing
Wound cleansing examples
Aseptic: clean/standard technique
Demonstration: Wound Cleansing
FREE PREVIEWAntiseptics and the evidence
Non-toxic cleansers
Wound debridement
Biofilms and Antimicrobial stewardship (AMS)
Debridement methods
Autolytic/enzymatic debridement
Refashioning wound edge
Dressing application
Advising patients on changing dressings at home
Managing open-but-unused dressings
IWII: Wound Infection in Clinical Practice (2022)
Wounds Australia Aseptic Technique (2018)
Local-infection wound continuum
Convatec: wound hygiene
References
Discussion: Please submit your response in the Pharmacist Wound Care Community Group
Module 4: Quiz
Objectives
FREE PREVIEWRole of pharmacist and team
Dressing selection
The function of dressings
Primary and secondary dressings
Assessment-based management
Exudate management
Goal for 'dry' to 'moist' wounds
Goal and dressings for dry wounds
Hydrogels
Application of hydrogels
Silicone contact layer
Application of silicone contact layer
Goal and dressings for moist wounds
Island dressings
Applying and removing island dressings
Demonstration: Adhesive remover wipe
Application of island dressings
Silicone foam lite (with + without border)
Application of Silicone foam (lite)
Hydrocolloids
Fixation/retention dressings
References
Discussion: Please submit your response in the Pharmacist Wound Care Community Group
Module 5: Quiz
The Wound Care Course for Pharmacists: PART 1
Accredited CPD activity
Accreditation number: CX23006A
Accreditation statement: This activity has been accredited for 4 hours of Group 2 CPD (or 8 CPD credits) upon successful completion of relevant assessment activities.
Course Sponsorships (Please see Declarations of interest)
This course will give you the tools and steps to starting a Wound Care Service. Evidence-based with CPD points available. Can be completed within 4-8 weeks.
Wound Care Course for Pharmacists PART 1
Once off fee
Monthly x3
I am so glad I completed this course during my intern year. Lusi explains everything so well and I found the workload manageable on top of all my intern year course and exam study. I have always been quite unsure with wounds but I have found with ...
Read MoreI am so glad I completed this course during my intern year. Lusi explains everything so well and I found the workload manageable on top of all my intern year course and exam study. I have always been quite unsure with wounds but I have found with this course I am a lot more confident with my recommendations in the pharmacy and when having discussions with patients. I am looking forward to completing part 2 and setting up a wound care service within our pharmacy.
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