Carson Tahoe Health hosting free seminars to support wound care education

The Carson Tahoe Center for Wound Healing and Healogics, Inc. is joining together to offer free educational seminars in Carson City and Reno.

Nancy Morgan, cofounder of WCEI, and David A. Johnson DMD, FAAFP, Healogics Physician of the Year recipient and Regional Medical Director at the Carson Tahoe Center for Wound Healing, will be co-speakers of the event.

Through attending one of the “New International Pressure Ulcer Guidelines” seminars, participants will receive continuing education credits.

The following professionals are encouraged to attend: LPN, RN, NP, PT, PTA, OT, OTA, MD/DO, Nurse Managers, Treatment Nurses, Wound Care Team, Clinic Directors and MDS Coordinators or Consultants.

“Carson Tahoe Health is thrilled to be teaming up with Healogics, our affiliate provider, in support of these impactful and educational seminars,” said Melissa Vodicka, program director of the Carson Tahoe Center for Wound Healing in Carson City and Reno. “We are dedicated to educating and training wound care specialists across the care continuum about the appropriate prevention and treatment of wounds like pressure ulcers. Through collaborative opportunities such as this, we hope to advance the science of wound care and improve outcomes for our patients.”

The free seminar hosted by Healogics, Carson Tahoe and MiMedx in Carson City is on Friday, July 8. The free seminar hosted by Healogics, Carson Regional and Organogenesis in Reno is on Saturday, July 9.

To register for the event, go to Healogics.com/registercarson-reno.

With locations in Carson City and Reno, the Carson Tahoe Center for Wound Healing offers comprehensive wound care and leading-edge treatments, including hyperbaric oxygen therapy, negative pressure wound therapy, bio-engineered skin substitutes, biological and biosynthetic dressings and growth factor therapies.

For more information, go to www.CarsonTahoe.com/Wound-Care.