Wound Care: A Collaborative Practice Manual for Health Professionals

About this book

Designed for health care professionals in multiple disciplines and clinical settings this comprehensive evidence-based wound care text provides basic and advanced information on wound healing and therapies and emphasizes clinical decision-making. The text integrates the latest scientific findings with principles of good wound care and provides a complete set of current evidence-based practices. This edition features a new chapter on wound pain management and a chapter showing how to use negative pressure therapy on many types of hard-to-heal wounds. Technological advances covered include ultrasound for wound debridement laser treatments and a single-patient-use disposable device for delivering pulsed radio frequency.