Wound Care: Unlocking the Potential to Heal – Joan Junkin
Many things must be in balance to successfully heal a wound. We will explore where a real difference can be made with: decreasing overall bioburden, providing wellness interventions, collecting and using data to determine priority goals, and utilizing a new method of cleansing the wound to decrease chance of infection. You’ll be able benefit from knowing the optimal methods and tools to accomplish the goal of successful wound healing.
OUTLINE
Moisture and bacteria balance- the key to healing
Holistic aspects of healing
- Nutrition, spiritual needs assessment, interventions
Infection protection
- Cleansing methods and breaking biofilm
Dressings and wound care products
- Discuss how to use the products on your buying contract effectively
- New categories of products
Advances in wound therapy- methods to promote healing
- Negative pressure wound therapy
- Modalities- Electrical simulation, Ultrasound
- Tissue and cell based products- Autografts, Allografts, Xenografts
OBJECTIVES
- List 3 methods known to increase endorphin levels to improve wellness for an individual
- Identify 3 methods of breaking biofilm in order to decrease wound bed bacterial count
- List 3 antiseptics that are FDA approved to use in wounds throughout the healing process
- Summarize 3 methods of wound debridement
- Defend choice of dressings based on wound characteristics and needs
- Compare characteristics of 3 types of tissue based products for wounds
What is health?
The word health refers to a state of complete emotional and physical well-being. Healthcare exists to help people maintain this optimal state of health.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), healthcare costs in the United States were $3.5 trillionTrusted Source in 2017.
However, despite this expenditure, people in the U.S. have a lower life expectancy than people in other developed countries. This is due to a variety of factors, including access to healthcare and lifestyle choices.
Good health is central to handling stress and living a longer, more active life. In this article, we explain the meaning of good health, the types of health a person needs to consider, and how to preserve good health.
In 1948, the World Health Organization (WHO)Trusted Source defined health with a phrase that modern authorities still apply.
“Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.”
In 1986, the WHOTrusted Source made further clarifications:
“A resource for everyday life, not the objective of living. Health is a positive concept emphasizing social and personal resources, as well as physical capacities.”
This means that health is a resource to support an individual’s function in wider society, rather than an end in itself. A healthful lifestyle provides the means to lead a full life with meaning and purpose.
In 2009, researchers publishing inThe LancetTrusted Source defined health as the ability of a body to adapt to new threats and infirmities.
They base this definition on the idea that the past few decades have seen modern science take significant strides in the awareness of diseases by understanding how they work, discovering new ways to slow or stop them, and acknowledging that an absence of pathology may not be possible.
Wound Care: Unlocking the Potential to Heal – Joan Junkin
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