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Welcome to The Gauzette. In this week's edition:

  • Welcome to Wounds Australia: Communications Project Officer Clare Callow and our new and renewing Corporate Partners!
  • Coloplast event: registrations close soon
  • Call-out for Wound Champions
  • WPR Journal June issue: read more
  • New Wounds Australia professional learning
  • DEBRA Australia Conference: registrations close soon
  • And much more!

Thanks for your support of Wounds Australia and our collective mission to minimise the harm caused by chronic wounds.

The Wounds Australia Team

WELCOME TO WOUNDS AUSTRALIA

Meet our Corporate Partners
We're delighted to share that we have renewed partnerships with some of our most valued industry partners for 2024/25 - and we're pleased to welcome aboard some exciting new partners! Thank you to everyone for their support.

Meet Clare Callow
Welcome to Clare Callow, the Communications Project Officer managing the 3.5-year chronic wound consumer awareness campaign funded under the Chronic Wound Consumables Scheme. Clare has extensive experience in communications in not-for-profits, especially in the health sector, and joined the organisation on 27 June. 

A reminder that the rest of the Wounds Australia team, all based in Melbourne and reporting to CEO Jeff Antcliff, are: 

  • Emma Noble, Communications & Engagement Director (emma.noble@woundsaustralia.org) 
  • Grant Leis, Events & Membership Officer (grant.leis@woundsaustralia.org) 
  • Bianca Ascher, Administration Officer (admin@woundsaustralia.org)

REGISTRATIONS CLOSING SOON!

Thanks to Wounds Australia Gold Partner Coloplast for this exciting professional learning opportunity in which expert presenter Donna Larsen (nee Angel) will:
  • discuss how to assess, plan, treat, monitor and refer common lower limb wounds
  • highlight red flags indicating atypical wounds to ensure appropriate treatment and, where necessary, timely referral
  • provide access to the Wound Type Specific Pathways for VLU and DFU to support your learning and translation to practice.
All this, completely free! Thanks to Coloplast for sharing this event.
Send us your stories!  
Wound Awareness Week is just around the corner: 2-8 September. One of the best ways to educate the community on the scale of our wound problem is using real-life stories. Wound Champions like Bella Fitzgibbon come from every walk of life and generously share their lived experience of wounds with the world. Read Bella's story.

Do you work with people living with chronic wounds who might help? Are you a clinician with an interesting story to share? Email Emma Noble for a confidential chat about requirements: emma.noble@woundsaustralia.org.

June issue of WPR Journal 
In a new story in the Wounds Australia news centre, we take a look at the excellent contributions in our new edition, from reducing N95 mask-related pressure injuries in healthcare professionals by Chang et al to a review of global research on the assessment, management and prevention of acute wounds from Finlayson et al.

You'll also find details of how to submit your research to WPR's editorial team.

Conference registration winner announced soon
A big thank you to everyone who joined or renewed their membership prior to 30 June 2024. Your name was automatically entered into the draw to win a FREE registration to the Wounds Australia 2024 Conference worth more than $1000, and the winner will be announced in the next Gauzette.
Qld: Winter Wellbeing & Wounds 
A full day on the impact of the winter chill on wound healing and skin integrity, including updates on the latest research on winter, temperature and wounds, and hands-on workshops on managing infection, incontinence-associated dermatitis and compression therapy.  
  • Thurs 13 July, 9am–4pm  
  • QUT School of Nursing 
  • Members: $99  
  • Non-members: $189 
ACT: Understanding & Managing Chronic Lower Limb Oedema 
Learn about causes, diagnosis and management strategies for chronic lower limb oedema & more, with Caitlin Aspden (Lymphoedema Physiotherapist, North Canberra Hospital) and Dr Elizabeth Webb PhD (Lymphoedema Physiotherapist, ANU).  
  • Thurs 25 July, 6–8pm  
  • Hellenic Club, Phillip 
  • Members: $29  
  • Non-members: $59  
  • Students: $10 (conditions apply)
JUST OPENED:
WA: No Pressure! 
Join our practical workshops on risk assessment/identification, staging PI, wound assessment and goals of care, and hear a range of presentations from Sascha Holbrook (OT, Sir Charles Gairdner), and Dr Chia Chong (Consultant, Aged Care & Rehabilitation) and Michael Furfaro (Dietitian) from St John of God. 
  • Sat 27 July, 9am–1pm  
  • St John of God Mt Lawley 
  • Members: $59  
  • Non-members: $99  
  • Students: $29 (conditions apply)
JUST OPENED:
SA: Unravelling the Art of Wound Management 
This is an action-packed evening of hands-on workshops on the fundamentals of wound management with these incredible clinicians: Sue Templeton (NP, RDNS Silverchain), Sue Pascoe (ENAD, SALHN), and Hayley Rieman (Nurse Consultant) and Melanie Toomey (Vascular Scientist) of Flinders Medical Centre.
  • Weds 21 Aug, 5.45–9.10pm  
  • Marion Hotel, Mitchell Park
  • Members: $29  
  • Non-members: $59  
  • Students: $10 (conditions apply)

 Registrations open soon... 

Vic: Wound Care Study Day

  • 11 Sept, 9am-4pm
  • More details coming soon

Conferences

DEBRA Australia's Health Professionals Symposium 2024
DEBRA Australia's 2024 Health Professionals Symposium takes place 2 August 2024 in Brisbane, bringing together leading Australian and international speakers to showcase the latest advancements in Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB) clinical care and research. The program includes clinical updates and presentations on therapies under development, practice guidelines, infection control, research updates and much more. Registrations close 19 July so don't delay! 

PHARMACY WA Forum Destination WA | 8-9 August, Perth, WA | Explore

WOUNDS AUSTRALIA 2024 Conference Champions of Change: Wounds Australia â€“ 30 Years of Action | 14–16 October, Gold Coast, Qld | Explore

AWTRS/MBSANZ 2024 Conference | 28–31 October, Fremantle, WA | Explore