Guide to Chronic Wound Care
Guide to Chronic Wound Care
John C. Lantis, MD
Professor of Surgery
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Vice Chairman, Department of Surgery
Chief of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Mount Sinai West
New York, New York
Anthony R. Iorio, DPM
Associate Professor and Chair
Department of Community Health and Medicine
Assistant Dean for Continuing Medical Education
New York College of Podiatric Medicine
New York, New York
Provided by North American Center for Continuing Medical Education, LLC, an HMP Company.
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This activity is designed for physicians, pharmacists, podiatrists, and nurses who are involved in the management of patients with wounds.
After completing this activity, participants should be able to:
- Review the types of wounds that are associated with chronic non‐healing
- Discuss the normal healing process and pathophysiology of non‐healing wounds
- Apply evidence‐based methods of wound bed preparation and dressing based on clinical assessment
- Describe recent scientific and technological advances in chronic wound care
- Outline relative indications for considering patient referral to a specialized wound care clinic
To be eligible for credit, participants must complete the online activity, a post-test assessment, and the evaluation. Upon completing the activity, there will be instructions on how to print a certificate or other documentation of credit.
Date of last review: January 31, 2020
Release date: March 30, 2012
Expiration date: December 31, 2021
Estimated time to complete: 0.75 hours
This is educational activity is a knowledge-based activity.
NACCME would like to thank the following company who has supported the "Guide to Chronic Wound Care" through educational grants and/or in-kind support: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
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Clinical Reviewers
Alan Dardik, MD PhD
Professor of Surgery (Vascular) and of Cellular and Molecular Physiology;
Vice Chair (Faculty Affairs), Surgery
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, CT
Daniel Federman, MD, FACP
Professor of Medicine
Yale University School of Medicine
Associate Chief of Medicine
VA Connecticut Healthcare System
West Haven, Connecticut
Nurse Planner: Susie Seaman, NP, MSN, CWOCN, Infectious Disease Consultants/San Diego Infusion Center, San Diego, CA
Planning Committee
In addition to the faculty listed below, NACCME planners and staff include; Angelica Archibald, Samantha Conforti, Tiffney Oliver, Randy Robbin, Greaton Sellers, and Margaret Stefan.
All planning committee members have disclosed no relevant financial relationships with any ineligible company.
Faculty and Clinical Reviewers
Dr. Iorio: Grant/research support—NIH Electronic Health Record; Consultant—Wound Care; Employee—
New York College of Podiatric Medicine
Dr. Lantis: Grant/research support—CoDa Therapeutics, Inc, Healthpoint Biotherapeutics, Macrocure,
Medline Industries, Inc, Smith & Nephew; Consultant—Healthpoint Biotherapeutics, KCI Licensing, Inc,
Smith & Nephew
Ms. Seaman: Speakers’ Bureau—Next Science
Dr. Dardik and Dr. Federman have disclosed no relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest
Dr. Borges and Mr. Savage have disclosed no relevant financial relationships with any commercial interests.
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