News13th European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel Meeting, 1-3 September 2010, The University of Birmingham, UK

13th European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel Meeting, 1-3 September 2010, The University of Birmingham, UK

Pressure ulcers

13th European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel Meeting, 1-3 September 2010, The University of Birmingham, UKThis year’s EPUAP meeting has the theme ‘Pressure Ulcers: The Flourishing of Science to Support Prevention and Healing’.

 

 

 

 

Topics discussed, by speakers such as Prof Cristina Lindholm, Dr Michael Clark and Prof Amit Gefen, will include:

  • Redefining pressure ulcers
  • Pressure ulcer risk assessment tools - friend or foe?
  • How do cells deform, and how might that relate to pressure ulcers?
  • Optical and nano approaches in wound healing
  • Pressure ulcers and dementia - is there a relationship?
  • Electrical stimulations to prevent pressure ulcers
  • Electrotactile biofeedback systems for preventing pressure ulcers.

 

The draft meeting programme can be viewed by clicking here; the Registration form can be downloaded here.

 

Wounds International will be attending this event, we look forward to seeing you there.


For further information and registration for the EPUAP meeting contact the Business Office:

14 Aston Street
Oxford
OX4 1EP
Tel: +44 (0) 1865 791 725
Email: epuap@aol.com

 

 

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