Risk Assessment

by the WoundSource Editors Wound healing is a complex process that is highly dependent on many skin cell types interacting in a defined order. With chronic wounds, this process is disrupted, and he...

By the WoundSource Editors The number of surgical procedures performed in the United States has been increasing annually by as much as 300% over a 10-year period. Although technological advances in...

By Martin D. Vera LVN, CWS In this last of our three-part series on lower extremity wounds, we will focus our attention on diabetic foot/neuropathic ulcers. Research indicates that the United State...

By Martin D. Vera, LVN, CWS Wound clinicians across the nation (and the world) are commonly faced with the difficult task of managing lower extremity wounds. Lower extremity wounds come in many dif...

By Cheryl Carver, LPN, WCC, CWCA, FACCWS, DAPWCA, CLTC In my role as a consultant and educator, I thought it would be interesting to acquire a handful of perspectives from wound care providers who ...