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Dealing With Pain: An Approach to Chronic Pain Management in Wound Patients
Caralin Schneider, BA; Scott Stratman, BS; Daniel Federman, MD; and Hadar Lev-Tov, MD, MAS November 06, 2020
When patients present with chronic pain, it is crucial for wound clinicians to use a multifaceted approach to pain management. These authors address pain…
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How a Burn and Wound Clinic Improved Staff Nurse Retention Through Peer Interviewing
Kathleen Prestifilippo, RN, BSN, WCC; Emily Webb, RN, BSN, WCC; Fred Mullins, MD; Shawn Fagan, MD; Zaheed Hassan, MD; Bounthavy Homsombath, MD; Beretta Craft-Coffman, PA-C; Cynthia Currington, RN, BSN; Meganjoy Whelan; and Joan Wilson, MSN, MHA, RN | November 05, 2020
Facing burnout, a lack of autonomy, inadequate facilities and other issues…
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Cannabis-Based Medicines as a Novel Approach to Treating Wound-Related Pain
Stefano Armando Biasi, BSc (cand); Vincent Maida, MD, MSc, BSc, CCFP (PC), FRCP (cand) | November 05, 2020
Are cannabis-based treatments effective for pain in wound care patients?…
Figure 1. A 69-year-old female was originally seen in the emergency department of a suburban hospital with a three-day history of pain and edema in her left lower leg. She had noticed a rapidly appearing area of necrosis overlying the area of pain.
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Treating Warfarin-Induced Tissue Necrosis With a Hypothermically Stored Amniotic Tissue Graft
Windy Cole, DPM, CWSP; and Asad Sohail, DPM | November 04, 2020
Amniotic tissue grafts continue to show potential in the wound clinic for…
Figure 1. Armed with an understanding of how nerves transmit and receive signals from the dermatome to the spine, it is easy to see how blocking pain transmission at the appropriate dermatome will provide your patient much-needed pain relief.
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Trending Non-Opioid Procedural Pain Management Options for Wound Providers
Survam Patel, PharmD | November 04, 2020
Chronic wound pain and procedural pain issues are well studied and…