Two Echidnae Wound Care Podcast with Monika and Donna
Two Echidnae Wound Care Podcast with Monika and Donna
Podcast Description
Are you a clinician interested in wound care?
Maybe you're just starting or know a little about hard to heal wounds?
Or are you more seasoned in your career?
Perhaps you work in the community, aged care, a hospital or a subacute setting.
Join Monika and Donna, two advanced practice nurses and lymphoedema practitioners, with decades of experience in hard to heal wounds.
We are so excited to be sharing with other clinicians (not just nurses), our experience and frustrations inherent in the discipline of wounds.
Humour is essential.
We will be burrowing down into some prickly conversations, digging up myths and chewing over real-world evidence.
Connect with us at:
- [email protected]
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@twoechidnae
Connect with Donna's resources and sign up for the Woundy Wisdom's newsletter at:
- https://goodwoundcare.carrd.co/
Disclaimer:
The views expressed in this podc
ast are our own.
This podcast is intended specifically for healthcare professionals.
Always follow your organisation's policies and procedures.
Please consult your own healthcare provider for individual wound advice.
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
The content primarily focuses on wound care, lymphoedema management, and the complexities of treating hard-to-heal wounds. Episodes include discussions on compression effectiveness, pathways to wound consultancy, and caring for clinicians managing chronic conditions, with examples such as the importance of lymphatic function in wound healing and addressing practice gaps in wound management.
Are you a clinician interested in wound care?
Maybe you’re just starting or know a little about hard to heal wounds?
Or are you more seasoned in your career?
Perhaps you work in the community, aged care, a hospital or a subacute setting.
Join Monika and Donna, two advanced practice nurses and lymphoedema practitioners, with decades of experience in hard to heal wounds.
We are so excited to be sharing with other clinicians (not just nurses), our experience and frustrations inherent in the discipline of wounds.
Humour is essential.
We will be burrowing down into some prickly conversations, digging up myths and chewing over real-world evidence.
Connect with us at:
– [email protected]
– TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@twoechidnae
Connect with Donna’s resources and sign up for the Woundy Wisdom’s newsletter at:
– https://goodwoundcare.carrd.co/
Disclaimer:
The views expressed in this podc
ast are our own.
This podcast is intended specifically for healthcare professionals.
Always follow your organisation’s policies and procedures.
Please consult your own healthcare provider for individual wound advice.
Everyone (hopefully most clinicians) undertake wound images and measurements. Don’t get us wrong, these are important. But from our prickly position, they aren’t as robust in our clinical practice as many would like to think.
In this episode Monika and Donna provide an experience informed conversation on the common issues with digital photography and unpack the reasons why these affect quality practice and decision making for patients with wounds.
Episode 9 is jam packed with practical pearls for all clinicians to take and use no matter what their experience or setting. This episode is valuable for:
- novice to experienced healthcare professionals
- nurse, doctors and all clinicians involved in wound care
- managers focused on quality of care and practice improvement
Timestamps
00:00 Introduction
00:49 Wound measurement and photography as a component of wound documentation
02:40 Argggh rulers
04:51 Photos as important medico-legal documentation
05:10 Ban the Ruler!
07:37 If you really feel compelled to use rulers
09:15 Controversies and lack of standardisation in wound measurement
12:43 Is your photo a true and accurate record?
13:53 Photography tips
14:33 Wound chart v photos
16:05 Flash v natural light
16.35 Doing a retrospective on your photography
17:23 When it is important to use a flash
18:27 How to make wound measurement more consistent
19:36 Best time to measure and take a photo
21:06 How often should wounds be measured?
22:03 Do the world a favour
22:50 Context of wound measurement and questions that should be answered
24:16 Circumferential wounds and shout out to managers
29:06 Measuring depth
29:51 Probing wounds
31:16 Measuring pressure injuries within an interdisciplinary team
33:00 Wound measurement and photography in Chronic Oedema
34:12 Wound Hygiene consensus resource
34:35 Do you measure the height of hypergranulation?
35:19 Don’t just look at the numbers
37:52 Photographing pitting test
38:20 The value of clinicians undertaking a lymphoedema course accredited by the Australasian Lymphology Association
Resources mentioned:
- Murphy C, Atkin L, Swanson T, Tachi M, Tan YK, Vega de Ceniga M, Weir D, Wolcott R. International consensus document. Defying hard-to-heal wounds with an early antibiofilm intervention strategy: Wound Hygiene. J Wound Care 2020; 29(Suppl 3b):S1–28 https://convatec.showpad.com/share/NlEvPxvvOe4SF5SzTaRnK
- Australasian Lymphology Association – Accredited Training Courses https://www.lymphoedema.org.au/education-&-resources/lymphoedema-training-courses/
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Connect with us at:
Email [email protected]
TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@twoechidnae
Connect with Donna’s resources and sign up for the Woundy Wisdom’s newsletter at https://goodwoundcare.carrd.co/
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this podcast are our own. This podcast is intended specifically for healthcare professionals. Always follow your organisation’s policies and procedures. Please consult your own healthcare provider for individual wound advice.
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