Hard-to-heal pressure injuries
What do you do if a pressure injury stops healing as expected? What factors influence wound complexity and hinder healing progress? Dr Paulo Alves shares his knowledge and experience in this webinar.
It’s always positive when a wound shows initial signs of healing, but what happens when healing does not continue as expected? What stands in the way of pressure injuries healing in a timely fashion?
Leading expert in the field of pressure injury prevention and management, Dr Paulo Alves, discusses his clinical expertise and applied experience to discuss:
- the importance of early and regular patient and wound assessment to understand and identify potentially hard-to-heal pressure injuries
- factors that contribute to wound complexity, which may interfere with typical healing
- potential interventions that may get the healing process back on track.
Dr Alves also shares practical case studies from his own experience, followed by a live Q&A session.
Paulo Alves RN, MSc, PhD
Assistant Professor of Nursing and Tissue Viability, Catholic Institute of Health Sciences, University of Portugal. Wounds Research Lab co-ordinator. President of the Portuguese Wound Management Association (APTFeridas). Trustee of the European Advisory panel
