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VHCC’s Hirn receives
wound care certification
Beth Hirn, Physical Therapist Assistant at Versailles Health Care
Center, recently received training in Wound Care in Boston,
Massachusetts, through the National Alliance of Wound Care and Ostomy
(NAWCO). After completing one week of training and examination,
Hirn is now certified in providing direct patient wound and skin
care. She is excited to play an important role in providing
optimum patient outcomes in wound and skin care management at
Versailles Health Care Center.
Skin and wound management includes the identification, assessment,
management, prevention, and continuing evaluation of patients with
alterations in skin/tissue integrity, that includes but is not limited
to pressure, vascular, arterial and diabetic ulcerations, as well as
skin conditions resulting from incontinence, surgical procedures and/or
trauma. Skin and wound management is a specialized area that
focuses on overall skin care and promotion of an optimal wound
environment, including prevention, therapeutic interventions and
rehabilitative interventions
“Wound care certification has taught me to utilize every aspect from
prevention to treatment to assist in maximum outcome of patient
care. Learning all of the different treatment methods from types
of dressings to application methods to modalities provided has assisted
throughout Versailles Health Care Center,” said Hirn.
If you are interested in learning more about Skin and Wound Management
offered at The Rehab Clinic at Versailles Health Care Center, contact
Facility Rehab Director, Shannon Condon at 937-526-5570. The Rehab
Clinic at VHCC offers inpatient and outpatient therapy services to
people of all ages. It employs 14 full-time local therapists and
is open seven days a week. Other specialty programs offered are
Parkinson’s Therapy, Vestibular (Balance) Rehab Therapy, Cardiac
Recovery, Pulmonary Rehab, Stroke Recovery, Continence Improvement,
Wound Care, Joint Replacement Therapy, Sports Medicine, and much
more.
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