Wounds Australia

Final days... join or renew your Wounds Australia membership (just $90 a year at most!) to receive one of these incredible product bags from our Silver Partner Dermal Therapy by LaCorium Health !

We're delighted to announce a new partnership with the Australasian Lymphology Association, leaders in lymphoedema education, research and advocacy, that will bring benefits to members of both organisations and advance lymphoedema care. Read more about our memorandum of understanding in the Wounds Australia news centre. https://lnkd.in/ghwQHuAB

Congratulations to Wounds Australia member, volunteer and nurse extraordinaire Melissa Freeman on winning an Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association (APNA) Nurse of the Year Award in the Positive Disruptor category. Read more in the Wounds Australia news centre: https://lnkd.in/g9sCrEfF

Today in the Wounds Australia news centre: a profile of Portrait of a Patient (TM), an interactive, patient-centred education platform for healthcare professionals from our valued Silver Partner Solventum Medical. Read more: https://lnkd.in/ghj6mAUJ

Wounds Australia is Australia's national peak body for the prevention, treatment, management and healing of chronic wounds. Supporting evidence based research is key. Delighted to meet Christina Parker Ut Bui and Shirlynn Mwangangi at QUT (Queensland University of Technology) Then to the Wound Management and Skin Integrity unit at Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital Metro North Health to meet with the clinical team led by Dr Dianne Smith. The highlight of my role is to meet our clinicians who changes lives, everyday.

STOP PI Day is Thursday 21 November and we have lots of ways you can upskill, find out more and spread awareness of pressure injuries - including very special PD at midday AEDT today that is FREE for Wounds Australia members! Read more in our news centre: https://lnkd.in/gcsP_DmW

STOP PI Day is Thursday 21 November and we have lots of ways you can upskill, find out more and spread awareness of pressure injuries - including very special PD that is FREE for Wounds Australia members! Read more in our news centre: https://lnkd.in/gcsP_DmW

** A message from our valued Gold Partner Coloplast Wound and Skin Care ** Join an interactive webinar with Dr. Karen Ousey, elected chair of the International Wound Infection Institute, elected President of International Skin Tear Advisory Panel (ISTAP) and recorder for World Union of Wound Healing Societies (WUWHS), when she will demystify wound infections and share clear and practical guidance on appropriate management of wound infection. Register: https://lnkd.in/gMKCw6Hw A live Q&A session will give you the opportunity to ‘ask the expert’. By the end of the session, participants will be better equipped to manage wound infections confidently and competently, ensuring better patient outcomes and more efficient care. This webinar is intended for Healthcare Professionals only.

Nurses and midwives: please complete the Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association (APNA) 2024 Workforce Survey by 31 December. Details below 👇

It's the first ever Diabetes Feet Day! Did you know: 👣Every two hours a person with diabetes in Australia has an amputation? 👣Around 510,000 Australians live with diabetes-related foot disease? 👣Simple steps like a daily foot check can make a big difference? Our friends at Diabetes Feet Australia have a range of resources to help, from a passport to better foot health to a podcast on the latest in diabetes-related foot disease best practice. Explore: https://lnkd.in/gPv5QDwQ