How can an online course be practical? Because you'll learn lots of tips that you can put into practice! 

Georgie Hollis, Vet Wound Library Founder will host 4 sessions that cover the fundamentals of wound dressing selection and bandaging science.

These will be made up of 2 lectures, followed by 2 interactive sessions that give delegates a chance to discuss dressing types, ask questions and share tips.

Subjects covered in the course include:  

• Physiology of wound healing
• Wound dressings - what you need to know
  • Post op wound dressings 
  • Moist wound healing
  • Antimicrobial wound dressings
  • Matrix modulating dressings
• Bandaging techniques
  • The science behind complications
  • Use of layers 
  • Bandaging v immobilisation
  • Offloading and 'do-nuts'
  • Tie over dressings
  • Top to tail challenges

CPD Certificates will be provided to cover 5 hours of online learning. 

Notes and resources will be available for download and will include a generic dressing selection guide & problem wound 'troubleshooter' checklist. 

25th July 2021. Starting at 9:30 (GMT) UK time - Via Zoom

09:30 -10:30 Making sense of wound dressings

Natural break

11:30 - 12:30 Bandaging techniques - avoiding the blunders 

Lunch Break

13:00 - 14:00 Which dressing when? 

Natural Break

14:30 - 15:30 Bandaging techniques - top to tail