Leading experts will discuss how early and accurate assessments of burn wounds can lead to faster treatment and better outcomes for patients in a free educational webinar for healthcare professionals.
Time to Heal Burn Wounds will be led by Northern Burn Care Network Lead Nurse Jacky Edwards and Psychological Care Lead Consultant Clinical Psychologist Dr Emma Hodgkinson.
The free webinar has been organised by Spectral AI, the creators of the DeepView® imaging system which is used in several UK NHS hospitals and employs artificial intelligence to give clinicians a healing assessment on day-one of a burn wound injury to help them make treatment decisions for patients.
Spectral AI Clinical Manager Lisa Wood said: “For many patients who suffer a burn their recovery is a lifelong journey.
“Reducing the impact of physical scarring can assist in the patient’s recovery and it’s well documented that early treatment and wound closure can improve their healing outcomes.
“By the end of this webinar the audience will understand the importance of healing a burn wound quickly and how early and accurate assessment can facilitate faster treatment. We will also examine the impact of delayed healing on patient wellbeing.
“Jacky and Emma have an incredible amount of experience and we’d urge healthcare professionals not to miss out on this chance to take advantage of their knowledge.”
As well as being the Lead Nurse for the Northern Burn Care Network, Jacky is National Wound Care Strategy Programmes Clinical Lead for Surgical Wound Complications and an Honorary Senior Lecturer at Cardiff University.
Jacky has worked in Burns since 1987, became the UK’s first Consultant Nurse in Burns in 2010 and has published more than 60 articles and a similar number of national and international conference papers and posters as well as being an investigator for a range of clinical trials.
Jacky has also won a host of top awards and accolades, including the British Journal of Nursing: Tissue Viability Nurse of the Year – developing compression in lower leg burns and Nursing Times’ Nurse of the Year – Development of Burns Outreach.
Emma is an HCPC-registered Consultant Clinical Psychologist working in a busy clinical psychology department in a tertiary hospital and major trauma centre.
She is the Lead for the Burns and Plastics Clinical Psychology Service and Multispecialty Clinical Psychology Service and the Lead on a national project developing patient experience evaluation processes in burn care.
Emma routinely undertakes specialised therapeutic work including assessment and intervention; supervision of assistant, trainee and qualified clinical psychologists; teaching and training; staff support; consultation; service development, evaluation, audit and research. Her predominant theoretical approach is derived from EMDR, CBT and ACT approaches.
She has been involved in 19 publications, presentations and posters.
The interactive one-hour session will include a live Q&A and will take place on Zoom from 12pm to 1pm on Wednesday, December 11.
Healthcare professionals can register for the free webinar at https://www.tickettailor.com/events/orangejuicecommunications/1471910
To find out more about DeepView® visit https://www.spectral-ai.com/
