Theme - Ten years of progress: the EPUAP past, present and future

Thursday, 30 August Academic Centre · John Radcliffe Hospital · Headington
09:30

(Coach transportation from St Anne’s College to Academic Centre, John Radcliffe)

Registration

10:30-12:00
KCI Symposium (Lecture Theatre 2)
Integrated Therapy System for Better Wound Care: The Science and Practice of Pressure Ulcer management
  • Overview holistic approach - George Cherry
  • Basic Science and Clinical Evidence - Paul Banwell
  • Surgical Management of the Pressure Ulcer - Raymund Horch
  • General management of VAC Therapy - Kath Vowden
10:30-12:00
Gaymar Symposium (Lecture Theatre 1)
An Update on the Shear Force Initiative
  • Chair: Dr Tom Stewart
  • History of the Shear Force Initiative - Tom Stewart
  • The Combined Effect of Pressure and Shear on Capillary Closure in the Microscale of Skeletal Muscle Tissue - Amit Gefen
  • What Are the Effects of Pressure and Shear on Tissue - Laura Edsberg
  • Can we define a damage threshold for soft tissues under sustained mechanical loading? - Cees Oomens
12:00-13:00

Exhibition opening and lunch in Tingewick Hall

13:00
Opening of Conference - Tom Defloor An Update on the Shear Force Initiative
  • Chairs: Carol Dealey and Marco Romanelli
13:15

The EPUAP past, present and future - Carol Dealey

13:40

Highlights of the free papers and poster presentations - Mike Clark and Jacqui Fletcher, and Anna Polak panel report

13:40

Nutrition and pressure ulcers: the work of the EPUAP Nutritional Working Group - Judith Meijers

14:20
Tea and commercial exhibition Tingewick Hall
  • Chairs: Zena Moore and Jan Weststrate
14:50

Introduction to the conference scientific sessions

14:55

Shear forces - Cees Oomens

15:15

Redistributing pressure - Tom Defloor

15:35

Heel pressure ulcers - Jeannie Donnelly

15:55

Skin care, continence and pressure ulcers - Lisette Schoonhoven

16:15

Presentation to EPUAP Award winner

16:30

Coffee Break and commercial exhibition in Tingewick Hall

16:45-18:15

Smith & Nephew Symposium: (Lecture Theatre 2)

18:15

(Coach transportation to St Anne’s College from Academic Centre, John Radcliffe)

19:30

(Coach transportation from St Anne’s College to Salter’s Boatyard)

20:00-23:00

Social Event: Thames Jazz Boat Trip with Buffet Supper (Abingdon Road)

Boat trip on the Thames
Friday, 31 August Academic Centre · John Radcliffe Hospital · Headington
08:00 (Coach transportation from St Anne’s College to Academic Centre, John Radcliffe)
08:30 Poster presentations
08:30 Randomised Controlled Trials Consort workshop - Jane Nixon
09:30
Free Papers Session 1 (Lecture Theatre 1)
  • Chairs: Michael Clark and Hilde Heyman
  • Deep Tissue Injury: State of the Science - Joyce Black, USA
  • A Collaborative Statewide Initiative Across Care Settings Reduces Pressure Ulcers in the USA - Elizabeth A. Ayello, USA
  • The Challenge: Determining Neglect in the Development of a Pressure Ulcer - Kath Vowden, UK
  • An approximation to the cost of the treatment of Pressure Ulcers in Spain - Joan-Enric Torra I Bou, Spain
  • Care Dependency Scale: An effective Alarm System for pressure ulcer risk? - Doris Wilborn, Germany
09:30
Free Papers Session 2 (Lecture Theatre 2)
  • Chairs: Jacqui Fletcher and Cristina Miguens
  • A Systematic Review of Pressure Ulcers and Quality of Life - Claudia Gorecki, UK
  • Cytokine and chemokine transport through the epidermis upon sustained mechanical loading - L Cornelissen, The Netherlands
  • Effectiveness of two cushions in the prevention of heel pressure ulcers - Alexander Heyneman, Belgium
  • A randomized, blinded, conventional treatment controlled trial evaluating the efficacy of injected activated macrophage suspension in decubital ulcers - Zuloff-Shani Adi
  • Evaluation of pressure relieving head supports - Vinoth K. Ranganathan, USA
  • Cutaneo-adipose flaps on perforating arteries in combination with Pulsed Galvanic Stimulation PGS) to enhance treatments of 3rd-4th degree decubitus ulcers. - Argentina Vidrascu, Romania
10:30

Coffee and commercial exhibition in Tingewick Hall

11:00
Scientific session 1: Heel Pressure Ulcers
  • Chairs: Anne Witherow and Christina Lindholm
  • Jeanne Donnelly, Mark Collier, Richard Goossens
Scientific session 2: Shear forces. ‘Can we find a relationship between external pressure and shear and internal deformation?’
  • Chairs: Cees Oomens and José Verdu Soriano
  • Dan Bader, Karlien Ceelen
  • How dangerous is shear? - Cees Oomens
  • Can we find a relationship between external pressure and shear and internal deformation? - Karlien Ceelen
12:30

Exhibition and Lunch in Tingewick Hall

12:30
Highlights and unique advances in the field of Pressure Ulcer care in Japan;
The Japanese Society for Pressure Ulcers - Lecture Theatre 1
  • (Lunch in the room)
  • Chairs: Dan Bader and George Cherry
  • Recent trends in pressure ulcer management in Japan - Prof. H Sanada
  • Japanese wound assessment "Design P" - Prof. T. Moriguchi
  • Guidelines for Pressure Ulcer care and treatment in Japan - Prof. S Ichioka
  • Japanese Risk Factors for Pressure Ulcers - Prof. T.Ohura
  • New concepts of Pressure Ulcers from the shear force and pressure perspective:
    1. Mechanism and Measurements - Prof. M Takahashi (engineering viewpoints)
    2. Clinical Evidence - Prof. T Ohura
14:10
Scientific session 3 - Pressure redistribution
  • Chairs: Ruud Halfens and Anna Polak
  • Katrien Vanderwee, Zena Moore
Scientific session 4 - Skin care
  • Chairs: Carol Dealey and Manuel Gago-Fornells
  • Alan Cottenden, Sue Bale
15:30

Tea and commercial exhibition in Tingewick Hall

16:00
Free papers Session 3 (Lecture Theatre 1)
  • Chairs: Lisette Schoonhoven and Lena Gunningberg
  • Are record data on pressure ulcers reliable? A comparison between paperbased records and electronic health records - Lena Gunningberg, Sweden
  • Demographics of Pressure Ulcers: An Analysis of the International Pressure Ulcer PrevalenceTM Survey - Catherine VanGilder, USA
  • Frequency of pressure ulcers in one emergency hospital and one rehabilitation centre in Harare, Zimbabwe - Martin Sibanda, Zimbabwe
  • Risk Assessment Tools for the Prevention of Pressure Ulcers - A Cochrane Systematic Review - Zena Moore, Ireland
  • Pressure Ulcers Risk Evaluation (PURE) Project - Jane Nixon, UK
  • SAFE or SORRY? Does every patient at risk for pressure ulcers get adequate prevention? - Betsie van Gaal, The Netherlands
16:00
Free papers Session 4 (Lecture Theatre 2)
  • Chairs: Jos Schols and Helvi Hietanen
  • Continuous monitoring of the interface pressure distribution and body movement during bed rest at ICU - Kozue Sakai, Japan
  • Simultaneous measurement of blood flow and compressive loads applied to the skin - Hitomi Sugiyama, Japan
  • Development and Evaluation of a new Self-regulating Alternating Pressure Air Cushion - Gojiro Nakagami, Japan
  • Knowledge, attitudes and practice of nursing staff about pressure ulcer prevention and treatment - a survey in a Swedish health care setting - Ulrika Källman, Sweden
  • Pressure Ulcers - Prevention and Prevalence on Intensive Care; Observing trends from 2001 to 2006 - Nils Lahmann, Germany
17:30 Annual General Meeting
18:00 (Coach transportation from Academic Centre, John Radcliffe to St Anne’s College)
20:00-22:00

Gala dinner at St Anne’s College

Saturday, 1 September St Anne’s College
09:30 Welcome and overview of the day - Carol Dealey
09:50
Special hands-on Workshops
  • Shear Forces (Duncan Bain/Michael Clark)
  • Heel pressures (Jacqui Fletcher/Tom Defloor)
11:20

Tea and pastries

11:50
Special hands-on Workshops
  • Pressure redistribution without mattresses (Heidi Guy/Jacqui Fletcher)
  • Sacral skin care (Trudie Young/Tom Defloor)
  • (In each of the four sessions the second-named individual is there to help the first to lead!)
13:25 Summary and close - Carol Dealey
14:00-17:00

Optional paid Tour to Blenheim Palace, Woodstock
(5 miles from Oxford) Birthplace of Winston Churchill


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