To book a place on a training session, please click on your chosen event and register through the link provided.
Please note, these events are for staff employed within the Lancashire and South Cumbria healthcare system only.
To book a place on a training session, please click on your chosen event and register through the link provided.
Please note, these events are for staff employed within the Lancashire and South Cumbria healthcare system only.
Basic Wound Care face to face theory and practical in one day
This face to face session is a full day 9.30- 4.30pm with 30 mins break for lunch at Fatima Health Centre, 228 Garstang Rd, Fulwood, Preston PR2 9QB (1st Floor)
This session is a combined theory and practical basic wound care session (replacing and combining the original part 1 and part 2 sessions)
Theory elements
A&P of the structure and function of the skin recap
Stages of wound healing
Defining and classifying wounds
Wound Healing
Patient Assessment
Wound assessment and documentation
Wound management and debridement
Exudate management and cleansing
Wound infection and dressing selection
Factors affecting wound healing
Skin tears
Simple lacerations
Simple skin burns
Malignancy flags
Sutures and clip removal
Safeguarding
Practical elements
Group tasks looking at wounds and burns and agreeing a treatment plan and management
Clip and suture removal