European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel
13th Annual European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel Meeting,
1-3 September, 2010, The University of Birmingham, UK
Theme: Pressure Ulcers: The Flourishing of Science to Support Prevention and Healing
- Topics Include:
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- Redefining pressure ulcers;
- Pressure ulcer risk assessment tools - friend or foe?
- How do cells deform, and how might that relate to pressure ulcers?
- Optical and nano approaches in wound healing;
- Pressure ulcers and dementia- is there a relationship?
- Why should we assess pain in pressure ulcers?
- Electrical stimulations to prevent pressure ulcers;
- Animal models of spinal cord injury and their application to understand biomechanical changes occurring in deep tissue injury;
- Electrotactile biofeedback systems for preventing pressure ulcers;
- Repositioning in pressure ulcer prevention and management;
- What is different about heels: a review of the anatomy of the heel compared to other body sites and photographic evidence of the progress of the ulcers.
- Meeting Programme:
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- View the draft meeting program as a web page;
- Download the draft meeting program as a PDF;
- Meeting Registration:
- Accommodation
There are 200 single rooms available from the University of Birmingham: Book Accommodation. For accommodation enquiries contact the conference office at ConferenceOffice@bham.ac.uk or on +44 (0)121 415 8400.
- For further information and registration contact the EPUAP Business Office
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14 Aston Street,
Oxford
OX4 1EPTel: +44 (0) 1865 791 725
email: epuap@aol.com