Online Course
Management of Burn Wounds Programme
Learn advanced wound care skills to promote healing of burn wound injuries
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Diane Merwarth
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Diane Merwarth

Diane is a physical therapist with more than 25 years of practice in the areas of wound management and burn care.

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SRSHS
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Introduction

Burn wound injuries are associated with high mortality rates due to potentially severe complications and place a critical economic burden on healthcare infrastructures worldwide. These injuries are common but require skilled training to efficiently and effectively manage healing to provide the best outcome for persons who experience these traumatising injuries.

This programme is geared towards non-physician healthcare professionals with wound care experience who wish to deepen their knowledge of the care and management of burn wound injuries.

Aims

This programme will provide background knowledge and the practical clinical skills to effectively manage and treat burn wound injuries.

Outline

This programme will cover the following topics:

  1. Burn Wound Assessment
  2. Assessment of Infection in Burn Injuries
  3. Burn Wound Cleansing and Solutions
  4. Non-Surgical Debridement of Burn Injuries
  5. Introduction to Dressing Selection for Burn Wound Injuries
  6. Advanced Dressing Selection for Burn Wound Injuries

Target audience

This course is aimed at rehabilitation professionals, students and assistants including but not limited to Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Speech and Language Therapists, Rehabilitation Doctors, Rehabilitation Nurses, Prosthetists, Orthotists, Psychologists, Audiologists, Dietetics, Social Workers. Community Health Workers, Nurses or Medical Doctors interested in this subject are also invited to participate.

Practicalities

Availability - this course is online and can be completed on your own schedule.

Hours of Learning - No deadlines are applied to this course and it can be started and completed in your own time according to your personal schedule. We expect the required elements to take around 18-20 hours depending on your schedule and learning style. Additionally there are many optional resources provided and if you choose to review these the course could take longer to complete.

Types of Activities - Watching videos, reading, a final quiz and participating in an international discussion forum.

Certificates - At the end of the course, when you have completed all of the required elements, you will be able to download a certificate of completion and 20 Plus points will be added to your personalised learning dashboard.

Requirements to complete this course

In order to complete this programme of courses and receive a course completion certificate plus CEUs/CCUs/CPD points you will need to:

  1. Respect the Plus Community Culture.
  2. Log all the required learning activities as complete (represented by the orange icons!).
  3. Actively and appropriately participate in the course discussions.
  4. Complete each of the required courses
  5. Submit a written assignment that passes the assessment criteria.
  6. Complete a course evaluation form.

Instructor financial and non-financial disclosures

Diane Merwarth: No relevant relationships disclosed by instructor.

Accessibility

For special needs or accommodations please contact us with details of how we can meet your needs.

Courses in this programme
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Burn Wound Assessment

1-1.5 hours

392

Diane Merwarth & ReLAB-HS

Presented by Diane Merwarth & ReLAB-HS

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Assessment of Infection in Burn Injuries

2-2.5 hours

128

Diane Merwarth & ReLAB-HS

Presented by Diane Merwarth & ReLAB-HS

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Burn Wound Cleansing and Solutions

2-2.5 hours

92

Diane Merwarth & SRSHS

Presented by Diane Merwarth & SRSHS

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Non-Surgical Debridement of Burn Injuries

2-2.5 hours

82

Diane Merwarth & SRSHS

Presented by Diane Merwarth & SRSHS