These resources for health care providers engaged in wound care in the home care setting currently include two resources:
1. A work book for healthcare professionals aiming to support them in making structured, evidence-based clinical decisions when managing wounds in the home care setting. They focus on systematic wound assessment using recognised frameworks such as HEIDI, TIME(RS) and MOIST, and link assessment findings to appropriate treatment choices. Through practical case studies, the materials guide clinicians in identifying wound aetiology, recognising infection or ischaemia, selecting interventions, and determining when escalation or referral is required. The aim is to strengthen safe, consistent and person-centred decision-making in home-based wound care.
2. A clinical case story illustrating the importance of a hollistic approach to wound care in the home care setting, including the involvement of family carers.
Additional topic specific or target group related guidance for health care professionals is available under the EWMA Home Care – Wound Care tool kit (See related resources below).
Sebastian Probst, DClinPrac, MNS,RN, Full Professor of Tissue Viability and Wound Care, Geneva School of Health Sciences, HES-SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland, Geneva, Switzerland; Care Directorate, University Hospital Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland; Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland; Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland.
Paulo Ramos, RN, MSc; Community Care and Wound, Ostomy and Continence Care Specialist Nurse, ULS Póvoa de Varzim Vila do Conde, Portugal; APTFeridas; Invited Professor at Catholic University, Aveiro University and Coimbra Nursing School.
Alexandre Marques Rodrigues, PhD, MSc, RN, CNS (Med-Surg), Tissue Viability Specialist
Assistant Professor, University of Aveiro, Portugal
Coordinator, Tissue Viability Programme
Researcher, Center for Innovation in Biomedicine and Biotechnology (CiBB)
