Moderne Wundversorgung

Are you looking to professionally care for individuals with wounds and seeking an overview of tailored approaches and care forms? Do you know a good product for wound care but feel uncertain about its application? Then "Modern Wound Care" is exactly what you need. This reliable standard work competently and clearly guides you through the complexities of modern wound management. After an illustrative introduction to the structure and function of the skin as well as possible types of wounds, you will learn everything important about phase-appropriate wound care, dressing changes, and hygiene. Dedicated chapters address the care of chronic wounds such as diabetic foot syndrome, pressure ulcers, or venous leg ulcers. The topics of nutrition and wounds, as well as pain and pain classification, are also thoroughly covered.

Modern Wound Care - everything about chronic wounds:

• Wound irrigation, wound antiseptics, and wound cleaning
• Criteria for selecting wound dressings and other care options
• Performing dressing changes
• Hygienic aspects
• Diagnosis, therapy, and prevention of pressure ulcers, incontinence-associated dermatitis, venous leg ulcers, and diabetic foot syndrome
• Strategies for pain avoidance during dressing changes
• Wound documentation, legal aspects, and costs
• Aspects of quality of life and education for affected individuals

The book provides you with a comprehensive overview of contemporary care options and their areas of application. You will find tailored solutions for individually adapted care for your patients with chronic wounds.

The special advantage for you: With this practical standard work, you will receive online clear wound documentation forms and standards for the use of dressings and methods for wound care, patient and caregiver brochures, product overviews, as well as assessment tools for printing and reuse. The content of the wound documentation forms is based on the DNQP expert standard.