DDRC Wound Care

11/05/2022

DDRC Wound Care are no longer taking bookings for routine appointments. Please contact DDRC Healthcare regarding any enquiries on 01752 209999.

07/03/2022

Does your work involve wound care? This online course delivered by our tissues viability nurse specialist will update you.

06 Apr Wed 9:30 AM - Wed 12:00 PM Plymouth £20.00 Register Summary An introduction to the basics of wound care Description This is a virtual course. The course is designed for those with little experience of wound care. It will give an introduction to changing dressings, wound cleansing and applica...

01/03/2022

Want to learn more about wound care? Book to attend our virtual course on the 6th April - Basics of Wound Care.
The course is designed for those with little experience of wound care. It will give an introduction to changing dressings, wound cleansing and application of bandaging and basic dressing types.

Number of attendees will be limited to allow more interaction and the chance for discussion.

Find out more information and book at:
https://www.ddrc.org/training/courses/209-basics-of-wound-care/region-UK/

07/12/2021

Stop the Pressure: Pressure Ulcer Prevention & Management
THURSDAY 24th MARCH 2022
VIRTUAL, Online
20% discount with code hcuk20ddrc
This conference focuses on the prevention and management of pressure ulcers including monitoring, reporting and improvement and will focus on Learning from the Inaugural National Pressure Ulcer Prevalence and Quality of Care Audit and reflecting on the challenges of Covid-19.
For further information and to book your place visit
https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/conferences-masterclasses/pressure-ulcer-prevention or email aman@hc-uk.org.uk
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This conference focuses on the prevention and management of pressure ulcers including monitoring, reporting and improvement

24/11/2021

Let's look at nutrition and wound healing:
Be honest, how often do you practitioners assess a patient with a non-healing wound and consider nutritional support? Evidence strongly suggests that it isn't happening very often - except in patients with diabetes or burns. So, where do we start? This is not a topic to be covered in one post so we will begin with an intro to nutritional screening and assessment. Firstly, make no assumptions: patients with a low BMI may appear malnourished, those with a high BMI are not necessarily well- or over-nourished. Adequate nutrition depends on many factors e.g. energy requirement, activity, general health status and clinical setting. As a starting point the MUST tool is good. This is available at:https://www.bapen.org.uk/pdfs/must/must_full.pdf
If you are not familiar, download this tool and take a look. I will return to the subject next week. Meanwhile ask questions if you have any.

17/11/2021

Free spaces (first come first served basis) available for this very interesting conference. Quote hcuk00ddrc when booking

This conference focuses on the prevention and management of pressure ulcers including monitoring, reporting and improvement

03/10/2021

There is a week left to apply to join our DDRC Healthcare team as a Bank Hyperbaric Nurse.
Would you like to develop your knowledge and skills in a unique and interesting environment?
Would you be interested in becoming a valued member of our Hyperbaric Nursing Team?
Full training provided. Closing date 11/10/21.

DDRC Healthcare employs both permanent and bank contracted staff. To meet the needs of our 24-hour services we require a wide variety of skills and flexibility. Bank staff come from all sorts of backgrounds, for example students, nurses and firemen. We employ doctors, nurses, chamber operators, ...

01/10/2021

Interested in Pressure Ulcer Prevention & Management.
Then book to attend the Conference chaired by Tina Chambers, Past Chair of the Tissue Viability Society, and with a national update form Jacqui Fletcher, Clinical Lead, The National Wound Care Strategy Programme.

A reduced rate of Only £195 +vat* is being offered with code hcuk195epuap.
For further information and booking visit:

This conference focuses on the prevention and management of pressure ulcers including monitoring, reporting and improvement

28/09/2021

Pyoderma gangrenosum - what does that mean to you? Can you diagnose it? Can you treat it? What do you need to know about it? Watch this site for a brief overview as to what this disorder is and how to proceed if you suspect it in a patient.

17/09/2021

DDRC Healthcare are recruiting a Bank Hyperbaric Nurse.
Would you like to develop your knowledge and skills in a unique and interesting environment?
Would you be interested in becoming a valued member of our Hyperbaric Nursing Team?
We currently have a vacancy for a bank nurse (minimum one shift a month) at our Hyperbaric Centre in Plymouth. We are looking to appoint enthusiastic registered nurses.
Full training provided. Closing date 11/10/21.
https://www.ddrc.org/jobs/

12/08/2021

Tetanus in patients with chronic wounds.
Have you considered the possibility that such patients might need a booster? or, that tetanus is an issue clinically? Well the answer is a definite "Yes" to this latter question. A recent bulletin on wound healing from the eminent Dr Fife in America reminds us of the need, and the dangers for this patient group. Included are all patients with leg ulcers, pressure ulcers and diabetic foot ulcers.
Dr Fife reports that the ACIP in America is recommending vaccinations against tetanus for high risk groups including persons who have wounds. The evidence supporting this comes, in part, from a Cardiff study by Professor Harding's group published in the International Wound Journal 9(1); 93-99. More information can be made available on request.

29/07/2021

An article to follow up for sure. Antibiotic stewardship demands "appropriate" use. The management of UTIs in particular is rarely evidence-based but rather ad hoc trimethoprim, nitrofurantion until the infection will not resolve. Only then is an objective approach taken. Same story for cellulitis.

I will access the full article and share it.

Difficulties in the management of infections in patients aged 65 years or older are certainly familiar to many doctors, including infectious diseases specialists. In an open-label, cluster randomised controlled trial, Sif Helene Arnold and colleagues1 were able to reduce the number of antibiotic pre...