Acute wounds
News Resources
- News Update 3(2) VIEW PDF
June Issue 3 Volume 2News Update presents up-to-date wound care news, including the latest from associations, clinicians and industry. If you have a news item for the next edition, please email the editor at: scalne@woundsinternational.com
- Community response paramedics trained in wound care
A new programme in Kenilworth, UK, is training a specialised team of paramedics in wound care and other advanced medical treatments.
- Take our survey and enter for your chance to win a digital camera
Please take a few minutes to give us your feedback and enter in our competition for a chance to win a FujiFilm FinePix JX530 Digital camera, 4gb memory card and camera case.
- Japanese Resource Centre developed for clinicians attending WUWHS 2012
The new Wounds International online Japanese resource centre has been developed to support clinicians attending the forthcoming World Union of Wound Healing Societies' (WUWHS) conference in Yokohama, Japan this September 2012.
- The Virtual Conference celebrates one successful year
13 April 2012: Today is the one year anniversary of the launch of the Virtual Conference, showcasing recorded sessions and resources from Wounds International’s first conference held in Cape Town, South Africa last year.
- Wounds International announces its second global conference
Following the huge success of our inaugural conference in Cape Town, South Africa, we are delighted to announce that the 2nd Wounds International Conference will be held in one of Asia’s most vibrant and exciting destinations, Kuala Lumpur, the capital city...
- Parasitic worms may help trigger immune response
A recent study has shown that parasitic worms might be more effective at triggering an immune response in wound healing than some drugs.
- Mobile clinic to treat homeless in Australia
Clinicians in Perth, Australia, have organised a mobile clinic that treats acute wounds and infections.
- New UK dressings code encourages ethical promotion
A new Surgical Dressing Manufacturer’s Association (SDMA) code of practice has been introduced as a guide for promoting wound care products to clinicians and medical bodies.

