UW Wound Academy | Dressing Selection

UW Wound Academy

Dressing Selection

On-Demand Program

Description

This module explores the history, background, science and decision-making issues involved in dressing selection.​

Objectives for Learning Outcomes

After completing this module, you will be better able to:

1. Describe the history of wound dressings.​
2. Describe the different dressing categories.​
3. Describe a systematic approach to dressing selection.​

Topics

• Introduction to the challenge of selecting appropriate dressings
• Dressing selection
• Wound dressing–a historical perspective
• Important issues to address prior to dressing selection
• Wound bed preparation and the optimal wound environment
• Dead and devitalized tissue
• Infection and critical colonization
• Moist but not wet
• Cellular dysfunction and biochemical imbalance
• How wound bed preparation aids dressing choice
• A systematic approach to dressing selection
• Mixing dressings
• Overview of products
• The Wound Dressing Selection Model