Pressure Management Seminar
Thursday, 9 August 2018
Master Builders Business Training & Function Centre Bunbury
The battering wild winds and flooding rains in Bunbury didn’t stop this ‘eager to learn more’ group of occupational therapists, clinical nurses and healthcare professionals from attending our Pressure Management Seminar on Thursday 9 August. The Master Builders Business Training & Function Centre in Bunbury provided us with a safe haven to teach and comfortably discuss everything about pressure care.
Largely attended by healthcare professionals working for WA Country Health Service and aged care providers in the South West, Annette Terranova – Occupational Therapist and Trainer at Unicare Health, delivered another insightful pressure care information session for the group.
Riding on the wealth of knowledge she’s accumulated from receiving pressure care training around the world and armed with more than 25 years of working as at occupational therapist in aged care, Annette shared valuable insights about new methods of pressure care injury prevention and pressure management techniques with the group.
The goal of this pressure management seminar was to provide industry updates and to share new pressure management methods to healthcare professionals so as to enable them to effectively prescribe the ‘optimal equipment solution’ for their client’s ‘specific needs’.
Annette stressed that no two pressure injuries are the same and that every individual’s pressure care needs has to be accessed independently.
Nathan Smith from Juvo Solutions – distributors of world class Care of Sweden mattresses for pressure injury prevention and treatment – joined in a guest presenter at the seminar.
Nathan hosted an interactive session on different types of pressure care mattresses, sleeping surfaces and their pressure care functions.
Pulling covers off pressure care mattresses to expose underlying state-of-the-art technology behind pressure relief and pressure redistribution, Nathan delivered a down-to-earth and practical overview for the group, many of whom have never seen the inside of a pressure care mattress or understood the technology behind its effectiveness.
Based on the feedback we received at the end of the seminar, 100% of all attendees agreed that this seminar
– was relevant to them and their role
– taught them new skills/concepts to apply during work and
– has improved their confidence as a healthcare professional
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Thank You
The organizing team at Unicare Health would like to say a big thank you to all our regional healthcare partners in the South West who took time off work to attend our Pressure Management Seminar. We are glad that our seminar has been beneficial to your personal and professional development.
Unicare Health is proud to be a strategic equipment partner to hospitals and aged care providers in the South West region of Western Australia.
Aligned with our values of providing the ‘optimal solution for specific needs’, we go the extra mile to provide pressure care training in our quest to reduce these largely avoidable injuries.
This seminar provided us with a great opportunity to connect with our healthcare partners in the Southwest such as Bunbury Regional Hospital, St John of God Hospital Bunbury, The Bethanie Group, Silver Chain, Baptistcare, Aegis Aged Care, TADWA and more.
We are thrilled by the awesome feedback received from participants at this seminar and glad for the opportunity to share health industry updates and new methods of pressure injury care. We trust that our teachings will help make a significant difference in the way pressure injury management is addressed to achieve long term positive outcomes.
Posted on 13 August 2018
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