Wound debridement

This e-learning course introduces safe, evidence-based wound debridement and guides healthcare professionals through key principles, clinical indications and practical decision-making for everyday practice.

About

The EWMA Wound Debridement e-learning course guides healthcare professionals through assessment of wounds with non-viable tissue and safe, effective selection of debridement methods. It combines concise theoretical overviews with practical clinical scenarios to support decision-making in different care settings and levels of expertise.

The e-learning course is part of the EWMA Wound Debridement Educational Tool Kit, together with the one-page Wound Debridement Pathway, providing a coherent set of tools to support education, clinical practice and training in wound debridement.

Authors & Editors

Ewa Stürmer, Prof. Dr. med, MD

EWMA council member since 2022

Surgical Head of the Comprehensive Wound Center, Head of Translational Research, Department of Vascular Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE)

Germany

 

Karen Ousey, MA, PhD, Professor

Emeritus Professor of Skin Integrity, University of Huddersfield
President ISTAP
Adjunct Professor Wound Care, Monash University,

Australia

 

Paulo Ramos, RN, MsD, and Wound Care and Tissue Viability nurse consult

EWMA council member since 2020, and chair of the EWMA education committee

Unidade local de Saúde Póvoa de Varzim/ Vila do Conde  – USF Corino de Andrade

Portugal

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