WOUND CARE: STANDARD CARE PRACTICES AND ADJUNCTIVE BIOLOGICAL THERAPIES

Course overview

1. Identify standard care practices in wound care. 2. Indicate the use of adjunctive and alternative therapies in chronic wounds. 3. Recognize the indications, contraindications, uses and benefits of maggot debridement therapy (MDT) and hirudotherapy. 4. Indicate hirudotherapy's method of action, post-bite care, and treatment frequency. 5. Identify the indications, contraindications, uses, and benefits of apitherapy.