Bookeditor, Rose L. Hamm, PT, DPT, CWS, FACCWS, Adjunct Professor of Clinical Physical Therapy, University of Southern California, Los, Angeles, California and Western University of Allied Health Sciences, Pomona, California.
Summary: "Wound care is covered in the 2nd or 3rd year of Physical Therapy school and is a part of every school's curriculum. Examples of interventions that are provided by physical therapists inlcude sharp debridement, dressing selection and application, compression for both chronic venous insufficiency and lymphedema, electrical stimulation, total contact casets and orthotic fabrication for neuropathic wounds, ultrosound, pulsed lavage with suction and negative pressure wound therapy. In addition, many worund therapists are included in the diagnostic provecess, especially determining the functional and gait impairments that may contribute to wound formation"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
-- PART ONE: Integumentary Basics
Chapter 1: Anatomy and Physiology of the Integumentary System
Chapter 2: Healing Response in Acute and Chronic Wounds
Chapter 3: Examination and Evaluation of the Patient with a Wound
PART TWO: Wound Diagnosis
Chapter 4: Vascular Wounds
Chapter 5: Lymphedema
Chapter 6: Pressure Injuries and Ulcers
Chapter 7: Diabetes and the Diabetic Foot
Chapter 8: Atypical Wounds
Chapter 9: Flaps and Skin Grafts
Chapter 10: Burn Wound Management
Chapter 11: Factors That Impede Wound Healing
PART THREE: Wound Bed Preparation
Chapter 12: Wound Debridement
Chapter 13: Wound Dressings
PART FOUR: Biophysical Technologies
Chapter 14: Electrical Stimulation
Chapter 15: Negative Pressure Wound Therapy
Chapter 16: Ultrasound
Chapter 17: Pulsed Lavage with Suction
Chapter 18: Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Chapter 19: Ultraviolet C
Chapter 20: Low-Level Laser Therapy --