The Hope of Healing Foundation - Palliative Wound Care Conference

First Annual Palliative Wound Care Conference

May 13-14, 2010 In Cincinnati, Ohio

At the historic Hilton Netherlands Hotel

Nearly 90 people from two countries and 21 states were at this conference. Conference feedback was very good and we are planning another conference next year, just a little larger.

Information was shared on skin changes at life’s end, pain management, maggot therapy, surgical and vascular interventions, support surfaces, and palliative wound care. The program schedule was:

Thursday, May 13, 2010 3:00- 3:15pm Welcome and Introduction.	Aletha Tippett, MD; Co-Director
3:15- 4:15pm Skin Changes at Life’s End. Click here for the presentation.	Diane Krasner, PhD, RN, Co-chair of SCALE consensus project.
4:15- 5:15pm Palliative Wound Care: A Pharmacist’s View Click here for the presentation.	Lorin D. Yolch, PharmD, ProCare HospiceCare.
5:30- 7:30pm Reception with Exhibitors in Pavilion Room, 4^th Floor
Friday, May 14, 2010 8:00- 9:00am Panel: Vascular and Surgical Approaches in Palliative Wound Care Click here for the presentation. (1) Click here for the presentation. (2)	Monica Hunter, MD, vascular surgeon
	Dominic Rizzo, DPM, foot and ankle surgeon
	Moderator: A. Tippett, MD
9:00-10:00am Maggot Therapy in Palliative Care Click here for the presentation.	Ron Sherman, MD, Specialist in infectious disease, responsible for FDA approval of maggots
10:00-10:30am Break in the Pavilion Room
10:30-11:30am Pain Management in Palliative Wound Care Click here for the presentation.	Carrie Sussman, PT, DPT, Author and therapist, private consultant.
11:30-12:30pm Palliative Wound Care Click here for the presentation.	Oscar Alvarez, PhD, Conference Co-Director, Director of Research Center for Palliative Wound Care, Calvary Hospital, Bronx, NY
12:30- 1:30pm Lunch with exhibitors in Pavilion Room, 4^th Floor
1:30- 2:30pm Chronic Wounds at End of Life Click here for the presentation.	Aletha Tippett, MD, Conference Co-Director; private wound consultant, President, Hope of Healing Foundation.
2:30- 3:30pm Aggressive Palliative Wound Care Click here for the presentation.	Rick Hall, RN, CWCN, Nurse manager with Kansas hospice.
3:30- 4:00pm Break in the Pavilion Room
4:00pm Exhibits close
4:00- 5:15pm Support Surfaces: Science and Practice/	James Spahn, MD, CEO EHOB, Inc., retired ENT surgeon;
Prevention and Treatment of Pressure	James Spahn, MD, CEO EHOB, Inc., retired ENT surgeon;
Ulcers Using Flotation	Aletha Tippett, MD
SLDKJF Click here for the presentation.	Aletha Tippett, MD
5:15- 5:30pm Closing Remarks/Evaluations/Critique

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