Need Help With Wound Care Fair

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Today my class was told we would be presenting a wound care fair on August 14th. We have split into groups of six students each. My group has the topic; Wound Care Supplies.

What I would like to know is.... Are there places or people I can talk to about getting donations of tape, dressings, drainage tubes, cleansing agents, drains? Even brochures or any new information would be a big help.

Is it appropriate to contact hospitals and see if they have any of these articles, or are there area reps who would be happy to have their products on display?

Thanks in advance for the clarification.

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Specializes in med/surg, telemetry, IV therapy, mgmt.

you can contact a wound care specialist nurse at a hospital or facility and tell them about your project and ask if they can give you a couple of samples of products or get in touch with sales representatives of various manufacturers and ask for samples. here are some links to information on wound care and some products that are used.

  • http://connection.lww.com/products/taylor5e/documents/fundamentals%20checklists.doc - skills checklists from taylor's fundamentals of nursing. includes listings of the steps involved in all kinds of basic nursing procedures including medication administration (im, iv, drawing from a vial), preop and postop care, wound care, how to do range of motion, ng tube insertion and removal, blood sugar fingerstick, colostomy care, trach care, suctioning and blood transfusion.
  • http://lib2.hacc.edu/nursing/nursing206/ - from harrisburg area community college. click on videos to see movies of various iv procedures, ng tubes, and wound packing. will need a real one player to view. site states you can download a free version of the player. heparin well, piggyback, iv push, ampules, pediatric medication administration, pediatric iv administration with soluset.
  • http://www.nursing.uiowa.edu/sites/chronicwound/ - chronic wound healing. a tutorial that includes definitions, descriptions of wounds, assessment, debridement, cleansing, maintaining a moist environment, supporting the wound surfaces and nutrition. has photographs to help show and explain concepts. by professor rita frantz at the university of iowa college of nursing.
  • http://www.worldwidewounds.com/ - world wide wounds. an online resource for dressing materials
  • and practical wound management information. has links at the bottom of the opening page to acute wounds, dressings and bandages, maggot therapy, miscellaneous, veterinary, diabetic feet, infected wounds, leg ulcers and pressure ulcers.
  • http://www.drugguide.com/woundcare_mednotes.pdf - a listing of types of dressings and their brand names used for would care. includes indications and nursing considerations. includes transparent films, hydrogels, hydrocolloid dressings, alginates, foam dressinga, and enzymatic debriding agents.

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Thanks for the information Daytonite, it will save me a lot of time that I don't have at the moment. :kiss

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