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Management of wounds post surgery

EACTS is pleased to announce this exclusive webinar series tailored for nurses and allied health professionals in the field of cardiothoracic surgery. This series is designed to empower and educate healthcare professionals with the latest advancements, best practices, and innovative techniques in cardiothoracic care.
  • 12 Jun 2025
  • Online
Acquired Cardiac Disease Congenital Heart Disease Thoracic Disease Vascular Disease Nurses & Allied Health Professionals

Event Information

  • Date / Duration

    12 June 2025
    18:00 – 20:00 Central European Summer Time (2 hour)

  • Course Directors

    R van Valen, Rotterdam
    Allied Health Professionals Committee Chair

    C Ruiz Segria, Middlesborough

  • Course Format

    Virtual meeting
    Interactive discussion
    Case scenarios

  • Target Audience

    Nurse and Allied Health Professionals

  • Course Fee

    Members: Free
    Non-Members: €35

    EACTS Academy terms and conditions.

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Course Overview

Surgical infected wounds are a anyone worst nightmare, patient’s recovery is affected by weeks or months of dressings and antibiotics, impacting in their quality of life. For clinicians is delay in discharge, increase length of stay and even in the worst cases further surgery with debridement or major plastic surgery.

Most centres reduce the risk of infection with minimally invasive techniques, prophylaxis antibiotics and other products prior surgery but in some cases due to the complex risk factors of patients some will develop a wound infection.

We will discuss treatments with topical active dressing versus more aggressive initial debridement, common pathological organisms and potential treatment and when is best to contact plastic surgery advice.

Detailed programme to follow shortly

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