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Living with Chronic Wounds
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Things to Consider
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Interprofessional
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Nursing and
Medical care
Treatments
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Urban vs Rural vs Remote
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Access to Wound Care Services
from Interprofessional Team
• More likely to have
specialized resources
• Easier access to specific
expertise required for
complex wound
management
• More organized public
transport or access to
resources to facilitate
transportation
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Access to Wound Care Services
from Interprofessional Team
• More limited access to
specialized resources
• Patient and family may
have to go out of their
setting to gain access
• Requires planning,
transportation, and costs
• Potential disruption of the
patient and family
schedule
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Nursing and Medical Care
Urban
• Serve smaller territories
but larger populations
• Services offered are
commensurate with the
need and demand of the
communities they serve
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More sophisticated
network of internet
providers
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Rural
• Serve large geographical
regions with smaller
populations
• Services offered will be
commensurate
with capacity
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Patients and families may
not have access to webbased support
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Treatment
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT), Total Contact Cast (TCC), Vascular Diagnostic
Imaging, specialized wound care stores, podiatrist, lymphedema care
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Urban
Rural
Increased availability of
specialized services and
treatments given demand and
need
Patient and family may
need to travel to urban
centers to secure access
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Strengths Capacity and Resources
Mobility, personal health practices, emotional and psychological, employment,
finances, food security, housing and community, education
Urban
Rural
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