Acute Skin Trauma Evidence-Based Forum: Best Practice Methods to Enhance Healing and Prevent Infectionprovides an overview of the current literature and its clinical relevance regarding acute skin trauma. The DVD also details best practice methods to enhance healing from acute skin trauma, as well as to help prevent infection. The DVD offers resources for athletic trainers who want to better understand cleansing, debridement, and dressing techniques, based on the type and characteristics of the wound, needs and activity level of the patient, and goals of the cleansing, debridement, and dressing techniques. The focus of the DVD is to enable athletic trainers to be able to integrate evidence-based cleansing, debridement, and dressing techniques into their clinical practice in the management of acute skin trauma.
Among the topics covered:
• Cleansing
• Debridement
• Dressings
• Clinical application to enhance healing & prevent infection
• Effectiveness
• Recommendations
• Best practice methods to enhance healing and prevent infection
