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  • 10/20/2021 12:09 PM | Anonymous

    Submitted by M. Mark Melin, MD, FACS, RPVI, FACCWS, FAPWCA

    A Martorell Ulcer is defined as:

    A. Venous ulcer with malignant transformation
    B. Traumatic ulcer with secondary infection by maggots
    C. An atypical pressure ulcer that develops in paraplegic patients
    D. Hypertensive leg ulcer, rare, progressive, painful, necrotic ulceration
    E. Predominantly identified in the pediatric population


    Check your answer at apwca.org/trivia-tuesdays every Wednesday! 

  • 10/13/2021 1:08 PM | Anonymous

    Submitted by M. Mark Melin, MD, FACS, RPVI, FACCWS, FAPWCA

    58 year old female with a history of metastatic renal cell to lungs and right femur (successful prior surgical management 2 year prior) presents with a 3 month history of new right thigh wounds.

    The most appropriate next step:

    A. Apply amniotic graft
    B. Levine culture and start oral antibiotics
    C. Apply neomycin
    D. Obtain Moh’s surgical consult
    E. Biopsy wounds


    Check your answer at apwca.org/trivia-tuesdays every Wednesday! 

  • 10/13/2021 10:29 AM | Anonymous

    Your APWCA leadership feels the Medicare National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) procedure-to-procedure edit that bundles skin substitute / CTP application with application of a Unna boot is inappropriate.  As such, APWCA collaborated with the Alliance of Wound Care Stakeholders to submit a letter to the NCCI Contractor asking that this edit be deleted and explaining why this edit should be deleted.   Read more here:  https://www.woundcarestakeholders.org/advocacy/submitted-comments/letter-to-the-national-correct-coding-initiative-ncci-contractor

  • 10/05/2021 12:06 PM | Anonymous

    Today's #TriviaTuesday was submitted by Jeffrey A. Niezgoda, MD, FACHM, MAPWCA, CHWS.

    Based on this wound, which instrument should be selected? Swipe for options.

    Check your answer at apwca.org/trivia-tuesdays every Wednesday! 

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  • 09/30/2021 2:28 PM | Anonymous

    Have you tried the new app for wound clinicians? vTail was designed by Wound Care Industry Experts for Wound Care Clinicians. This app provides more efficient communication between clinicians and wound care manufacturing companies. The added bonus? For every APWCA registration, vTail will donate $30 to the APWCA. Register in the app today! https://join.vtail.co/apwca

  • 09/28/2021 11:28 AM | Anonymous

    Submitted by Christopher L. Barrett, DPM, CWS, FAPWCA.

    All of the following are appropriate patients for hyperbaric oxygen therapy referral except:

    A. 78-year-old male with hematuria 3 years post radiation for prostate cancer
    B. 47-year-old female with non-healing VLU of 3 months duration and acute cellulitis
    C. 65-year-old male with T2 diabetes and chronic midfoot ulceration with + probe to bone
    D. 50-year female with cyanosis of a TRAM flap 2 days post-op

    Check your answer at apwca.org/trivia-tuesdays every Wednesday! 


  • 09/23/2021 2:34 PM | Anonymous

    On this episode, Frank & Lizzie sit down with Dr. Marc "Dutch" Matthews from the Arizona Burn Center to discuss his experience with Vashe, a hypochlorous acid preserved wound cleanser solution. Dutch explains how this pH skin neutral wound solution has helped changed his practice for the better, but more importantly the lives of his patients.

    Click here to watch!


  • 09/21/2021 9:53 AM | Anonymous

    Submitted by Christopher L. Barrett, DPM, CWS, FAPWCA.

    A positive Stemmer sign is diagnostic for:

    A. Osteomyelitis
    B. Venous Hypertension
    C. Lymphedema
    D. Lipedema
    E. Melanoma

    Check your answer at apwca.org/trivia-tuesdays every Wednesday! 

  • 09/14/2021 10:36 AM | Anonymous

    Submitted by Jeffrey A. Niezgoda, MD, FACHM, MAPWCA, CHWS.

    This demonstrates which wound characteristic?
    A. Tunneling
    B. Undermining
    C. Depth
    D. Epiboly
    E. Necrotic Margin


    Check your answer at apwca.org/trivia-tuesdays every Wednesday! 

  • 09/09/2021 1:12 PM | Anonymous

    The APWCA is excited to share our partnership with vTail! The vTail application was designed by Wound Care Industry Experts specifically for Wound Care Clinicians like ourselves. The app’s main purpose is to provide more efficient communications between clinicians and wound care manufacturing companies. For every person that downloads the app - vTail will donate $25 to the APWCA. Downloading this app ​​will help APWCA to continue to offer education and outreach to members and bolster the offerings at Wound Week in Philadelphia next February! Use the QR code or below or this link to download the app today. https://join.vtail.co/apwca.


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