Pressure Ulcers: Not just a disease of the elderly, are your patients at risk?

3rd-5th September 2009, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Topics included:

• Management and prevention of pressure ulcers in neonates and Paediatrics – skin differences in babies and children
• Spinal injury patients
• Holistic care debate
• Introduction to new EPUAP Prevention Guidelines
• Update on Basic Science – pathophysiology pertinent to clinical practice – the role of localised ischaemia and reperfusion
• Hopsice care
• What’s new in wheelchair seating, repositioning and transfers
• Practical debridement
• Chronic disability – working with carers and health care assistants to improve prevention of pressure ulcers