2020 Diabetic Limb Salvage (DLS)

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Date & Location
Wednesday, April 15, 2020, 6:00 AM - Saturday, April 18, 2020, 12:30 PM, JW Marriott, Washington, DC

Target Audience
Dermatology, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Infectious Disease, Internal Medicine, Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedics, Physical Medicine/ Rehabilitation, Plastic Surgery, Podiatry, Surgery, Vascular Surgery

Overview

MedStar Georgetown University Hospital’s Diabetic Limb Salvage Conference is a multidisciplinary team approach meeting that provides each member of the healthcare team with the education and resources needed to heal wounds and prevent amputations. It features a prominent international faculty that promotes the importance of a multi specialty approach in limb salvage. The course is designed for healthcare practitioners of all specialties and promotes an evidence-based approach with emphasis on take-home points, techniques, and functional outcomes. This 3-day conference format includes didactic lectures, specialty symposia, and video surgical case demonstrations for the purpose of providing an interactive learning experience.

Join us for a one day pre-conference administrative track that will cover topics such as:

  • Starting From Scratch: the Genesis of the Georgetown Model
  • Leveraging Your Resources to Increase Productivity in the Center
  • Nuts and Bolts of Running a Hospital Based Wound Center

Sign up now.  Limited space available!


Objectives

Nurse:
1. Analyze the public health crisis of diabetic limb loss.
2. Discuss the pain of sensory loss and non-compliance to care.
3. Examine the options in vascular interventional technology and techniques, both surgical and endovascular.
4. Promote the practice of functional limb salvage so that patients maximize their active ambulatory status.
5. Navigate the complexities of biomechanics, limb salvage, the problem wound, wound based infection, preserving limb length.
6. Cite the financial and social impact of diabetic limb salvage and amputation.

Occupational Therapist:
1. Assess the utilization of different ambulatory offloading devices in the management of a diabetic foot ulcer.
2. Differentiate the implications of different types of amputations which can occur with a patient with a diabetic foot wound and the ramifications of each on the patient’s functional status.
3. Identify various comorbidities that occur with diabetes and their impact on wound healing and patients’ overall health.
4. Identify various surgical interventions utilized with patients who have a diabetic foot ulcer.
5. Evaluate the impact of an amputation on the patient’s quality of life and the role of a support group.

Physical Therapist:
1. Summarize the benefits of plastic surgery intervention in the process of limb salvage.
2. Identify comorbidities and frailty factors which affect wound healing following surgical intervention or development of an ulcer.
3. Cite recommendations for treatment of edematous limbs including lymphatic management.
4. Compare the benefits of limb salvage versus amputation and their effect on functional outcomes.
5. Apply the latest recommendations in the treatment of Charcot Foot Deformity to best therapeutic practice for maximizing patient mobility.

Upon completion, the learner will be able to:

  1. Analyze the public health crisis of diabetic limb loss
  2. Discuss the pain of sensory loss and non-compliance to care
  3. Examine the options in vascular interventional technology and techniques, both surgical and endovascular
  4. Promote the practice of functional limb salvage so that patients maximize their active ambulatory status
  5. Navigate the complexities of biomechanics, limb salvage, the problem wound, wound based infection, preserving limb length
  6. Cite the financial and social impact of diabetic limb salvage and amputation

Accreditation
In support of improving patient care, MedStar Health is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

 
 

Credit Designation

This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 18.5 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credits for learning and change.

Special Assistance

MedStar Health wishes to ensure that no individual with a disability is excluded, denied services, segregated or otherwise treated differently from other individuals because of the absence of auxiliary aids or services identified in the Americans with Disabilities Act.  Please contact 202-780-1655 to notify us of your needs.