WORKSHOP DETAILS:

WORKSHOP DATE: Saturday, May 7, 2022

TIME: (**NOTE: ALL TIMES ARE IN Pacific Time)
(7 possible contact hours)
8:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m.

WORKSHOP FEE: only $195.00


PRESENTERS:

Andrea Brennan, OTD, OTR/L, CLT-LANA, WCC, CI-CS: "Evaluation Tools for Head & Neck, and Skin & Wound Care"

Heidi Miranda-Walsh, OTR, CHT, CLT-LANA: "Head & Neck Lymphedema Treatment"

Linda Koehler, PhD, PT, CLT-LANA: "Complications, Assessments & Management of Axillary Web Syndrome (AWS)"

Missy Baylor, OTR, LMT, CLT-LANA, CSWSCS: "Skin & Wound Care"

CONTACT HOURS: 7
Lymphedema Seminars is an Approved Provider #04439 for Continuing Education by the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA). The California Physical Therapy Association (CPTA) has also granted approval for .7 CEUs for PTs and PTAs: CPTA #22-242. We also provide Certificates of Completion to all attendees.

WORKSHOP CONTACT: Shoosh Crotzer, Lymphedema Seminars, 805.772.3560

WORKSHOP PROGRAM SCHEDULE: see Program below

OBJECTIVES:
Participants will:

• Identify the skin microbiome to gain insight into microbial involvement in chronic edema skin disorders
• Identify components of the integumentary history for patients with chronic edema disorders
• Discuss assessment tools to document the elements of the examination
• Describe the complications and risk factors associated with AW
• Apply the current literature to the clinical assessment and management of AWS
• Identify relevant treatment options for AWS
• Understand cancer as a cause of head & neck lymphedema
• Identify how treatment of the disease, surgery, chemotherapy and radiation therapy affect tissues, pathways of lymph flow, normal function of neck movements, normal movements of jaw, tongue, swallowing, whole person
• Discuss options to assess and evaluate the head and neck oncology patient
• Identify the types of wounds and skin breakdowns which most commonly affect lymphedema patients
• Identify signs and symptoms of infection vs. inflammation
• Describe best practices for skin cleansing for lymphedema patients
• Select appropriate wound dressing options used in conjunction with lymphedema bandages

REFUND / COMPLAINT POLICY:
If you are unable to attend this online workshop that you have paid for, our preference is to offer credit towards a future workshop or seminar valid for one year. If this is not possible, we will refund the entire amount of payment if a written request is sent more than 14 days prior to the seminar, or if there is a valid medical reason for not being able to participate. If a workshop is cancelled by Lymphedema Seminars for any reason, we will provide a full credit for a future workshop or seminar valid for one year. Lymphedema Seminars will make every effort to contact attendees in a timely fashion if a course has to be canceled. If there are any complaints, please send them to us in writing and we will respond within 7 days.