Michael Hughes
www.michaelhughestraining.com
Courses (in-house)
Wound Care
Pressure ulcers. Leg ulcers. Lacerations. You treat wounds every day, but are you treating them safely?
This three-hour introductory / refresher course promotes the safe and effective treatment of a variety of wounds.
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Wound Care
Three hours
Introduction / Refresher
Nurses and Senior Care Staff
To enable staff to provide safe and effective care for a wide variety of wound types.
Up to 15 students
- Defining a wound
- Different types of wound
- Wound assessment issues
- Wound cleansing issues
- Warm, moist wound healing
- Wound dressing types
- Frequency of dressing changes
- Infection, odour and skincare
- Infection control
- Multi-disciplinary working
- Caring for the non-healing wound
- Knowledge test
Lecture, group discussion, case studies
and practical exercises.
Students are assessed on the basis of
their performance of the exercises and
in the summative test at the end.
- Care Standards Act regulations
- Skills for Care Induction Standards
- National Vocational Qualifications
- Attendance forms
- Course notes / handouts
- Knowledge tests
- Training records
- Feedback forms
- Certificates of Achievement
Dependent on your training needs.
Call 020 8883 5244 for a quote!
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Call Michael today on 020 8883 5244
or email info@michaelhughestraining.com
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Michael Hughes MSc BSc(Hons) RN DipN ENB 998 ENB 978 Cert HPM FRSH FIHPE
Healthcare Training 75 Fortis Green Road, London N10 3HP Tel/Fax: 020 8883 5244
This course description is not a contract and content may change due to changes in practice.