“All about wounds” Preliminary Program
Friday 27th March 2015
Rendezvous Scarborough Beach Hotel. Commencing: Preston Plenary Room
Time
Speaker
Topic
1500-1505
Jan Wright President AWMA WA
Introduction to invited speaker Professor Keryln Carville
1505-1550
Professor Keryln Carville
Opening address All about wounds
(The history of wounds)
1600-1800
Workshops: There will be an
opportunity to attend two of
the workshops.
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1800-2000
Cocktail reception
ConvaTec: Venous leg ulcer compression bandaging therapy Preston room B
Smith & Nephew: Patient focused negative pressure wound
therapy made easy – Burney room
Molnlycke: Reducing Pressure Ulcer Risk in the Clinical Setting Culver room
Hartmann: The Effectiveness of Hydro-active Dressing Therapy in
both Acute and Chronic Wounds – Preston room C
Medical Sales & Service: The importance of Wound Bed
Preparation and the practical use of Prontosan Wound Cleansing
Solution and Gel – Preston room A
Conference opening
Kylie Sandy-Hodgetts / Jan Wright
“All about wounds”
Saturday 28th March 2015
Rendezvous Scarborough Beach Hotel: Commencing Preston Plenary Room
Time
Speaker
Topic
7.30-8.00
Registration
8.00-8.05
Jan Wright President AWMA WA
Conference opening and welcome
0805-0900
Jan Rice Wound Nurse Consultant
Keynote Address: “Is it all about wounds?”
0900-0945
Dr Andrew Langlands, ID Physician
Wound infection and wound healing
0945-1015
MORNING TEA
1015-1100
Professor Nick Santamaria, Translational
Research
Translating evidence into practice
1100-1130
Ms Kylie Sandy-Hodgetts PhD candidate,
Research Project Officer, Curtin University
1130-1230
Donna Angel NP Wound Management
Lynn Barnden CN Burns Unit
Surgical site infection: Surgical wound dehiscence
risk factors, current evidence
Snap shots
Low frequency ultrasonic debridement
Wound care for minor trauma
1230-1330
Donna Angel NP Wound Management
Wendy McNamara CNC Stomal Therapy
Carmel Boylan CNC Wound Management
Erica Ryan Podiatrist
LUNCH
Telehealth
Open abdomen
Complexity of paediatric wound management
High risk foot
1315 AGM
Time
Speaker
Topic
1345-1415
Ms Liz Howse NP, Wound Management
Malignant wounds
1415-1445
Ms Nelly Newall, Clinical Research
Coordinator
Skin tear research
1445-1600
1600
Lynn Barnden CN, Burns Unit
Liz Howse NP, Wound Management
Jan Wright CNC, Wound Management
TBA
Close
Workshops, case studies
 Burn
 Pressure injury
 Skin tears
 Aetiology of leg ulcers
(Program may be subject to minor change)
All About Wounds AWMA WA 07.02.2015