Practical Skill-based Approach to NPWT from the Hospital to the Home: Tips and tricks for trouble free NPWT dressings

Saturday, October 15, 2022

10:10 AM – 11:10 AM PDT

Location: Julius 1-4

Moderator(s)

Mary Anne R. Obst, RN, BSN, CCRN, CWON, CWS

Complex Abdomen Specialist
Regions Hospital
Scandia, MN

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Speaker(s)

Paul J. Kim, DPM, MS, FACFAS

Professor, Medical Director
University of Texas Southwestern
University of Texas Southwestern
Dallas, TX

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Faculty will review the value of negative pressure wound therapy before and after surgery using recent data and case studies. Attention will be paid as to which situations NPWT might be most beneficial for reducing healing time and hospital stays, and its effect on in- and outpatient results.

Learning Objectives:

Demonstrate methods to assure trouble free NPWT dressings
Recognize proper NPWT dressing selection for patient wound type and body anatomy
Identify solutions to the unique challenges of both in and outpatient NPWT