Wound Care Workshop | Derby

FRIDAY 24 MAY 2024 | 7.45am-3.00pm
Derby Hospital – 67-71 Clarendon Street, Derby
DERBY
WORKSHOP
Wound care
STATEWIDE STAKEHOLDERS
LIMITED PLACES
AVAILABLE
This event is open to members of the Kimberley Health Professionals Network – Visit
khpn.com.au/network to join as a member (membership is free). For more information, please email
KHPN Regional Program Officer Sara Hennessy at contact@khpn.com.au.
Presenters Donna Larsen, Wound Management Nurse Practitioner and Beth Sperring, Clinical Nurse
Consultant Plastic Surgery Telehealth, both from Royal Perth Hospital. Topics for the study day will
include wound healing and assessment, identification of acute and chronic wound infection and
treatment, biofilm based wound management, wound hygiene, dressing selection, traumatic wounds,
plastic surgery considerations, leg ulcers, the high risk foot and case studies. Future trends in wound
management. There will be two practical workshops on wound debridement and topical negative
pressure wound therapy. Compression bandaging will be demonstrated.