DURHAM
Please Note: This event is in the pastWednesday, March 13, 2013
- Opening times
- 10:30 AM - 3:30 PM
- Venue
- Durham County Cricket Club, Emirates Durham International Cricket Ground, Riverside, Chester-Le-Street, County Durham, DH3 3QR
- Tel
- 0191 387 4711
Workshops
Common dermatalogical conditions explained A certificated study session for healthcare professionals

Sponsored by
Journal of Community Nursing
9:45 AM (Duration: 45 Minutes)
- Any Qualified Provider: the move in dermatology services from secondary to primary care
- How these changes may affect you as a nurse working in primary care
- Essential skills in; examining the skin; describing lesions; how to treat and when to refer
A Certificate of Attendance will be issued.
Speaker: Janice Bianchi - Medical Education Specialist
Debridement as a diagnostic tool to improve wound assessment & healing A certificated study session for healthcare professionals

Sponsored by
ACTIVA HEALTHCARE
11:45 AM (Duration: 45 Minutes)
- The importance of wound assessment in promoting healing
- A new debridement method to help in wound assessment
- Improving your practice - patient and economic impacts
A Certificate of Attendance will be issued.
Speaker: Simon Barrett - Tissue Viability Nurse Specialist
Wound assessment as part of an holistic process A certificated study session for healthcare professionals

Sponsored by
H&R HEALTHCARE (sorbion)
2:30 PM (Duration: 45 Minutes)
- The importance of accurate assessment
- Assessing the patient, the social circumstances and the wound.
- Improving patient outcomes including the management of exudate.
- Reducing cost and improving quality
A Certificate of Attendance will be issued.
Speaker: Simon Barrett - Tissue Viability Nurse Specialist

