AWM Debridement instructional course: Pre-course materialWound Bed Preparation is a concept that manages current practice for the treatment of chronic wounds by removing the barriers to healing.
These barriers are defined as 4 clinical observations within the wound:
- Tissue non-viable or deficient (T)
- Infection or inflammation (I)
- Moisture imbalance (M)
- Edge of wound non advancing (E)
This T.I.M.E. principle provides a systematic approach to the management of wounds and leads to an optimal well vascularised wound bed to create a viable wound bed where healing can take place. This facilitates the effectiveness of other (advanced) therapeutic measures.
What you will learn:
- Appreciate why debridement is important to promote wound healing.
- Learn about debridement techniques.
- To do hands on training in debridement techniques.
- Understand why infection and biofilm has implications in chronic wounds.
- Learn about role of the S+N infection management portfolio is needed (in conjunction with debridement) to remove biofilm
Contributors:
- Heidi Sandoz, Tissue Viability Services Lead, Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust
- Jacqui Fletcher - Independent Wound Care Consultant
- Sanjib Majumder - Consultant Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgeon, Mid Yorkshire NHS Trust
- Amelia Swift - Pain Specialist, Reader in Health Professional Education, University of Birmingham
- Eva Harris - Tissue Viability Nurse Specialist, Great Western Hospitals NHS Trust