Care of Wound Complications in Home Care

Care of Wound Complications in Home Care is organized by MedBridge Inc.

Course Description:
Wound care can become complicated in the home care setting. Infection, stalled healing, and deterioration can be some of the common complications. We will discuss the characteristics of these complications and how to identify them. Proper documentation is vital in caring for a patient, while keeping an accurate medical record assists with collaboration within the health care team. How to properly document and describe a wound will be discussed. Facilitating the best wound-related patient care can be difficult when communicating with physicians but is imperative for best outcomes. Techniques on how to better communicate with physicians and their office staff will be described for more collaborative and patient-centered care.

Learning Objectives:
• Identify wound complications and ways to initiate care as soon as identified
• Recognize wound characteristics that are within normal limits and those that are not
• Document accurate wound descriptions with correct terminology for quality and to support medical necessity
• Communicate with physicians to administer appropriate and evidenced-based patient care 

Video Runtime: 36 Minutes; Learning Assessment Time: 29 Minutes

Note: This course is approved Contact hours for some states and not approved for some states.

Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.