VAC Negative Pressure Wound Therapy

For

Registered nurses, associate practitioners and health care assistants.

Aim

• To enable the student to increase their knowledge in the role of the therapy and its place in enhancing wound healing and/or control exudate
• To enable the student to increase their knowledge in using the different machines according to type of wound

Learning Outcomes

The student will be able to:

• To use the therapy appropriately for different types of wounds
• To use the different types of dressing, their modifications as the wound heals and machine pressure use accordingly

Update knowledge and competency can be achieved with:

• Update topical negative pressure theory with e-learning module
• Complete quiz
• PP for application of dressings and setting up machine
• Supervised practice with an experienced nurse in VAC application

To access the e-learning, clinicians must register (or sign in if they have already registered) using Google Chrome as the portal go to https://www.3m.co.uk/3M/en_GB/health-care-academy-uk/registration/?regCode=3M_GBHCAcademy

No access code should be needed.

To access the course itself, go into wound care and the VAC therapy course is within that called: What Makes 3M V.A.C. Therapy Different?