Let’s Master Wound Care [2023 Guidelines]
What you'll learn
- Describe the healing process of wounds
- Know how to identify the type of wound
- Differentiate between primary and secondary healing
- Classify wounds
- What causes an acute wound to convert into a chronic wound?
- Classify chronic wounds
- Describe wound management under the model we addressed in the lecture
- List the best investigations and treatment modalities based on what bacteria has infected the wound
- What are the causes of poor wound healing?
- List the 7 wound dressings
- Describe maggot therapy
- Briefly classify war wounds
- How do we control oedema of wounds?
- When do we amputate?
Requirements
- No prior knowledge of this topic is required. I provide detailed explanations for every possible question which may appear in your clinical and theoretical exams.
- All you require is a device to listen to the lectures and a headset if you wish to use one
- Please work through the quiz. Very important to assess what you’ve understood. I will provide a detailed video memo where we go through the answers
Description
Interested in the field of Wound Care? Then this course is for you!
This course has been designed by a Medical Doctor so that we can share our knowledge and help you master new investigative and treatment guidelines for wound care along with understanding the physiological and pathological processes.
Thousands of students world-wide trust this course.
We will walk you step-by-step into the World of Wound Care. With every tutorial, you will develop new skills and improve your understanding of this challenging yet lucrative sub-field of General Surgery and Trauma.
This course is fun and exciting, and at the same time, we dive deep in General Surgery. Our Wound Care course is a critical topic within Emergency Medicine and General Surgery. Understanding all concepts present in this course will benefit you in your clinical and theoretical examinations.
Our course is structured in the following way:
Part 1- Wound Healing
Part 2 - Classification of Wounds
Part 3 - Acute vs Chronic wounds
Part 4 - Chronic Wound Management
Part 5 - Wound Debridement
Part 6 - Management of Wounds according to bacteria strains
Part 7 - Poor Wound Dressings [Causes]
Part 8 - Wound Dressings
Part 9 - Controlling Oedema
Part 10 - When to amputate and War wounds
Each section inside each part is independent of one another. So you can either take the whole course from start to finish or you can jump right into any specific section and learn what you need for your career right now.
Moreover, the course is packed with practical exercises that are based on real-life case studies. So not only will you learn the theory, but you will also get lots of experience solving complex medical case studies.
And as a bonus, all lectures are downloadable and you can use them for your personal use whenever you choose to.
Please do not focus on memorising the lectures. Rather focus on understanding key concepts. Please adapt lectures according to your study style, I.e. if you wish to make summaries from the provided lectures, then please do so.
If after completing the quiz, you are still unsure about certain topics, please revise using the lectures. You have life-time access to all lectures. Good luck and I hope you enjoy this course on Wound Care.
Who this course is for:
- Students (not limited to medical students) and the general public (not limited to health care workers) of any level of knowledge who are interested in expanding their knowledge and improving their understanding of the given topic.
- Anyone interested in Wound Care
- Students who at least have basic knowledge about wounds and who want to start learning Wound Care
- Any intermediate level people who know the basics of wound care, including new treatment guidelines, but who want to learn more about it and explore all the different fields of Wound Care
- Any people who are not that comfortable with Wound Care management but who are interested in Wound Care and want to apply this to their skill database
- Any Students in University who want to further their understanding of Wound Care or who need to prepare for an examination
- Any Wound care specialists who want to level up in Wound Management Guidelines
- Any people who are not satisfied with their job and who want to become a Wound Care Specialist
Instructor
- 4.4 Instructor Rating
- 106 Reviews
- 2,126 Students
- 5 Courses
My name is Dr Vithal Panday and I am super-psyched that you are reading this!
I have years of professional experience in the Medical Sector with extensive experience in Internal Medicine, General Surgery, Paediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Anaesthesiology, Orthopedics, Trauma, Psychiatry, Radiology and Family Medicine. I was trained by the best Medical Registrars and Consultants at Steve Biko Academic Hospital, in South Africa, and since starting on Udemy I have passed on my knowledge to thousands of aspiring medical doctors.
Throughout my courses, you will notice how I combine my practical experiences and academic background in Medicine to deliver professional, methodical and concise lectures in the space of the Medical Field. One of the strongest sides of my teaching style is that I focus on intuitive explanations combined with aesthetically-pleasing visual animations, so you can be sure that you will truly understand even the most complex topics.
In conclusion, I am extremely passionate about Medicine and I am looking forward to sharing my passion and knowledge with you!