Demystify chronic wound care management with high yield pearls from wound care expert Dr. Elizabeth (Foy) White-Chu. She takes us through a simple yet thorough approach to manage complex chronic wounds. We discuss everything from selecting a dressing, to pain management, and what kind of water should you really use when cleansing a wound. Answers to all of these burning questions and more await you, so don’t waste anymore time! Press play and let Dr. White-Chu take you on a journey through evidence based practices for the management of chronic wounds. ACP members can visit https://acponline.org/curbsiders to claim free CME-MOC credit for this episode and show notes (goes live 0900 EST). Full show notes available at http://thecurbsiders.com/podcast. Join our mailing list and receive a PDF copy of our show notes every Monday. Rate us on iTunes, recommend a guest or topic and give feedback at thecurbsiders@gmail.com. Credits Written by: Carolyn Chan MD CME questions by: Justin Berk MD Produced by: Matthew Watto MD Hosts: Matthew Watto MD, Paul Williams MD, Carolyn Chan MD Guest: Dr. Elizabeth (Foy) White-Chu Sponsor Check out the ACP's Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program, MKSAP 18. Time Stamps 00:00 Sponsor - ACPs MKSAP 18 00:25 Disclaimer, intro, guest bio 03:58 Guest one-liner, movie recommendation, favorite failure, career advice 11:40 Picks of the week 15:58 Sponsor - ACPs Medical Knowledge Self Assessment 18 17:50 Clinical case of lower extremity ulcer; describing a wound 21:04 Taking a wound focused history 26:28 Differentiating wound types 29:04 Edema and compression therapy; Should diuretics be used? 36:43 Description of the multi-component wrap 38:10 Counseling a patient about wound care and setting expectations for healing 41:29 High value options for each wound type 44:35 Gardening and wound bed preparation 51:32 A bit on silver therapy 53:40 Back to the case; Red flags in wound care 55:40 Culturing a wound 58:17 Instructions on how to write wound care orders 62:00 Rundown of topical therapies for wound care 65:04 Negative pressure wound therapy aka “wound vac” 66:14 How often are dressing changes needed? 68:27 Take home points 70:20 Outro 71:30 Carolyn gives a wound care PUN!