Second Annual Palliative Wound Care Conference

June 10-11, 2011 In Cincinnati, Ohio

At the historic Hilton Netherlands Hotel

     Nearly 70 people, with registrants from 9 states, primarily Midwestern, were at this conference. The conference was well-received with excellent feedback. 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, legal issues, alternative care and palliative wound care.  The program schedule was:

Thursday, June 9, 2011

 6:30pm Exhibitors set up in Pavilion Room, 4th Floor

Friday, June 10, 2011

 7:00- 8:00am Registration on 4th Floor entry, Continental breakfast provided

 Exhibitor set up in Pavilion Room, 4th Floor

 8:00-10:00am Welcome and Introduction     Rosewood Room

Plenary Session—Palliative Wound Care

Aletha Tippett, MD; Co-Director

Oscar Alvarez, PhD; Co-Director

10:00-10:30am Break with exhibitors in Pavilion Room

10:30-12:00pm Rosewood Room  Skin Changes at End of Life  (SCALE)

Diane Krasner, PhD, RN

12:00- 1:00pm Lunch with exhibitors in Pavilion Room.

1:00-2:00pm  Concurrent Sessions

 

Rosewood Room Pain Mechanism

Carrie Sussman, PT, DPT
Caprice Room Palliation for Critical Limb Ischemia and Gangrene

Oscar Alvarez, PhD

2:00-3:30pm  Concurrent Sessions

 

Rosewood Room Pain Management: An Update on Opioids

 Mary Mihalyo, B.S., PharmD

Caprice Room Palliative Wound Care Education for Patient and Family

Alternative Care Options

Oscar Alvarez, PhD

Cathy Rosenbaum, PharmD

 3:30- 4:00pm Break in the Pavilion Room

 4:00pm Exhibits close

 4:00- 6:00pm Rosewood Room

Ron Sherman, MD

Maggot Therapy with Workshop

Sharon Mendez, RN

 6:30- 8:00pm Opening Reception with Exhibitors in the Pavilion Room

Saturday, June 11, 2011

 7:00- 7:45am Registration 4th Floor; Continental Breakfast in the Pavilion Room, 4th Floor

7:45-8:45am  Concurrent Sessions

 

Rosewood Room Chronic Osteomyelitis

 Dominic Rizzo, DPM

Caprice Room Incontinence

Steve Salomon, RN

8:45-10:00am  Concurrent Sessions

 

Rosewood Room Surgical Approaches for Palliation

 Dominic Rizzo, DPM

Caprice Room Treatment of Difficult Wounds

Radiation Dermatitis and Burns

Diane Langemo, PhD, RN, FAAN

Edna Atwater, RN

 10:00- 10:30am Break with exhibitors in the Pavilion Room

10:30-11:15am  Concurrent Sessions

 

Rosewood Room Fungating Tumors

 Oscar Alvarez, PhD

Caprice Room Nutrition in Palliative Care

Donna DeEsso, RD

 11:15-12:00pm

Rosewood Room Legal & Regulatory Issues

Diane Krasner, PhD, RN

12:00- 1:00pm Lunch with exhibitors in Pavilion Room.

1:00-3:00pm

Rosewood Room Support Surfaces: Science and Clinical Practice

James Spahn, MD
Aletha Tippett, MD

 3:00- 3:30am Break with exhibitors in the Pavilion Room

4:00am Exhibits break down.

 3:30-5:30pm

Rosewood Room Chronic Wounds at End of Life

 

Aletha Tippett, MD

 5:30-5:45pm

Rosewood Room Closing, summary and wrap-up

Aletha Tippett, MD

 


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