Wound Management Home Skills Program

The Wound Management Home Skills Program will help you learn and practice the skills needed for optimal wound healing. The program includes care and skill instruction for complex lacerations, abrasions, postoperative surgical wounds, and non-healing wounds.

This standardized interactive program has been developed by a multidisciplinary program of the ACS Division of Education in collaboration with the American Burn Association, American College of Wound Healing & Tissue Repair, The American Society of Plastic Surgery, Wound Healing Society, Wound Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society (WOCN), and the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN). The Wound Home Management Skills Kit has been funded in part by grants from Smith & Nephew, Acelity, and Ethicon.

Program Overview

The skills program contains booklets and video demonstrations.

Booklets

The Wound Home Skills Kit booklets focus on the care of:

Additional Resources

Use the self-assessment checklist and references for additional support. Please complete the evaluation below or in the back of the booklet and return to the ACS so we can continue to improve this program to best meet your needs.

Wound Self-Care Checklist

Evaluation

Ordering Wound Care Supplies

Recommended Professional Resources

Professional Guide
Essentials of Skin Laceration Repair, October 15, 2008, Volume 78, Number 8. www.aafp.org/afp. American Family Physician.
Milne J, Vowden P, Fumarola S, Leaper D. (2012) Postoperative incision management made easy. Wounds UK suppl.8 (4).

Video Demonstrations

There are six videos that support the skills explained in the booklets. Watch the ones you need for your wound care.

Wound Management Home Skills Program: Caring for Lacerations and Abrasions

Wound Management Home Skills Program: Wound Cleaning

Wound Management Home Skills Program: Packing a Wound

Wound Management Home Skills Program: Dressings and Bandaging

Wound Management Home Skills Program: Caring for Your Surgical Drain

Wound Management Home Skills Program: Negative Pressure Wound Therapy