Hands-On Pre-Conference Workshop: Leg Ulcer and Compression Day

Thursday, October 13, 2022

1:00 PM – 5:00 PM PDT

Location: Julius 1-4

Speaker(s)

Louis Pilati, MD

Medical Director Wound Healing and hyperbaric Medicine Center Assistant Profesor Emergency Medicine
Kettering Medical Center
Springboro, OH
Karen L. Bauer, DNP, CWS, FAAWC

Director of Wound and Vascular Services
University of Toledo
Sylvania, OH
John C. Lantis, II, MD

Chief and Professor of Surgery
Mount Sinai West and the Icahn School of Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine
New York, New York
Lucian G. Vlad, MD

Associate Professor
Wake Forest School of Medicine
Wake Forest School of Medicine
Winston-Salem, NC
Suzie Ehmann, DPT, PhD(c), CWS, CLT-LANA

Clinical Specialist
Atrium Health Stanly
North Myrtle Beach, SC

Compression therapy is considered the gold standard of care for managing venous ulcers in an effective and timely manner. Although compression therapy is considered the essential intervention for chronic VLUs, it is underused due to lack of clinician knowledge, unclear referral pathways, patient compliance and other factors. This goal-oriented workshop will encourage wider adoption of compression therapy, intersecting cased-based clinical content and hands-on application of compression therapy.

Supported by an educational grant from Urgo Foundation.

A maximum of 4 additional CME/CPME/CE-credit hours are offered through this pre-conference workshop. This event is not part of the official SAWC meeting programming and provides separate continuing education credits.

Learning Objectives:

Explain the pathophysiology of venous insufficiency and etiology of venous ulcers
Evaluate the role of compression therapy, as gold standard, in treating venous disease and venous ulcers
Review and compare and contrast the various types of compression, e.g socks, bandages, pneumatics
Explore patient centric and clinician centric concerns to optimizing gold standard management
Review available evidence on the efficacy, safety, and tolerance of various compression modalities
Identify other conditions which may or may not be associated with venous reflux such as lymphedema, or diabetes related edema with/without diabetic ulcers
Examine the engineering of compression fabrics