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WCC® Outstanding Achievement and Scholarship Awards!

National Alliance of Wound Care and Ostomy™ (NAWCO®) is now accepting nominations for the 7th annual WCC Outstanding Achievement and Scholarship Awards. These prestigious awards are given annually to three deserving WCCs from across the country and one individual aspiring to become wound care certified. Each award category recognizes one WCC for his/her contributions in the field of wound management. Click here to nominate a WCC.

When you can’t rely on ABIs

By Robyn Bjork, MPT, CWS, WCC, CLT-LANA

One of the worst fears of a wound care clinician is inadvertently compressing a leg with critical limb ischemia—a condition marked by barely enough blood flow to sustain tissue life.
Compression (as well as infection or injury)could lead to necrosis, the need for amputation, or even death. The gold standardof practice is to obtain an anklebrachial index (ABI) before applying compression.