Wound Odor: Ancient Greece and The Story of Philoctetes

This post gives a preview of what I will be covering in my upcoming webinar entitled History of Pressure Ulcers & Wound Care: Past, Present, & Future, sponsored by the National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel.  The fascinating history of wound care dates...

Upcoming Webinar on History of Pressure Ulcers & Wound Care

I am thrilled to announce that registration is now open for my webinar entitled History of Pressure Ulcers and Wound Care: Past, Present and Future, sponsored by the National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (NPUAP). This event takes place on November 19th at 1:00 PM...

World Wide Pressure Ulcer Prevention Day

This is a press release from NPUAP dated September 18, 2015: Washington, DC – According to the Prevention and Treatment of Pressure Ulcers: Clinical Practice Guidelines; “Pressure Ulcers increase hospital costs significantly. In the US, pressure ulcer care is...

NPUAP Introduces New Clinical Practice Guideline for Pressure Ulcers

We’ve come a long way since the first version of the Clinical Practice Guidelines for Pressure Ulcers was put together by the National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (NPUAP) and released by the Agency for Health Policy and Research (AHCPR) in 1992. This resource became...