Lymphedema Certificate Series

Edemas are present throughout all areas of rehabilitation practice. Often, as therapy practitioners, we are the first to identify new onset edemas and we are charged with determining if our client's edema is a medical emergency. Additional responsibility then lies with providing safe and effective treatment techniques utilizing evidence-based outcome measures for effective and reimbursable documentation.

This course will assist practitioners to determine the medical status of edemas, the various types of edemas that can be seen throughout practice settings, and effectivetreatment techniques for edema resolution or management. Participants will also take away several outcome measures that they can immediately start using with their clients to assist with determining progress and documenting client outcomes.

• Immediately improve your ability to determine if your client's edema is a medical emergency by learning the various types and presentations of edema
• Effective treatment options and outcomes measures you can use for successful edema management and documentation

Lymphedema is a chronic condition that is characterized by lymphatic fluid collection in the body causing increased swelling. If recognized early this disease can be treated and possibly reversed (diagnosis dependent). However, it is currently a highly overlooked condition that is not diagnosed until it has progressed significantly. This course is aimed to aid the therapist in clinically evaluating, screening, and implementing treatment of this patient population. Improvingknowledge and early recognition of this disease will help improve outcomes of these patients.

• Improve your understanding of lymphedema development, prevention, and pathophysiology
• Best practices and guidelines for recourses, exercise, compression, and garments
• Determine when and why to refer treatment to alymphedema specialist and how to advocate for your patient

As a large percentage of our population ages, coupled with an increase in comorbidities such as diabetes and cardiovascular complications, it is logical to estimate that the number of chronic wounds will continue to accelerate. Therefore, knowledge and implementation of evidence-based wound care is critical to improving the outcomes for this population. Not only is it vital to provide the best quality of care for the patient, it is also critical for reimbursement from Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurance companies.

This one-day workshop will provide you with the knowledge base and tools to provide advanced, up to date wound assessment. It will equip you with clinical skills important for the wound care professional in multiple environments. In addition to improving your knowledge base for clinical wound care and efficient treatment strategies, you will also be able to identify different types of compression wraps, advanced wound dressings, debridement techniques, and the importance of Arterial Brachial Index (ABI). This workshop will also help guide you in identification of wound etiologies, tissue composition, debridement techniques, and practical strategies for implementation in the clinical setting. Participants will learn how to incorporate evidence-based assessments into a plan of care and establish appropriate and measurable goals to track progression of wounds, as wellas prevention of new wounds.

*Hands on lab will be modified for Web based delivery formats into recorded demonstrations

• Immediately improve your critical thinking anddecision-making with practical assessment of skin, wounds, and edema in the clinical setting
• Practice and review dressing selection/applications, edema management, and chronic wound treatments
• Logical assessment and reassessment strategies for chronic wounds and edema immediately applicable to all practice settings
• Current, evidence-based interventions for the chronic wound and edema patient to be used in your daily practice
• Hands-on lab for debridement, compression application, and bedside vascular assessments