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Training for Health Professionals:
Seminars & Observational Training in Baton Rouge
NATIONAL HANSEN’S
DISEASE PROGRAMS Presents
Comprehensive Management of the Neuropathic
Foot
September 23-25, 2009
1770 Physicians Park Drive
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Phone: 1- 800 - 642-2477
(225) 756-3761
Fax: (225) 756-3760
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course is designed to combine classroom instruction
and hands-on techniques to teach participants a comprehensive
approach to manage the insensitive foot.
UPON COMPLETION, THE PARTICIPANT
SHOULD:
- understand the features of diabetic neuropathy;
- perform a diabetes foot screen, assign risk category,
and formulate an appropriate treatment plan;
- understand the rationale and benefits of a basic
prevention program;
- understand the treatment principles for diabetic
foot lesions;
- understand the etiology of foot ulcerations;
- identify charcot foot deformities and describe
their role in ulcerations;
- identify the four mechanisms by which patients
develop plantar ulcers;
- identify bony deformities and biomechanical faults
which place the patient at high risk;
- apply a cast or splint used for the treatment
of foot ulcerations;
- describe orthotic and footwear appliances used
to reduce foot pressure;
- correctly measure shoe fit in the high risk individual.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
Nurses
Physical Therapists
Podiatrists
Orthotists
Pedorthists
Diabetic Educators
NO REGISTRATION FEE
LODGING/TRANSPORTATION
National Hansen’s Disease Programs at Ochsner Hospital
site in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is approximately 20
miles from the Baton Rouge airport and 85 miles from
the New Orleans airport. I-12 exit at O’Neal Lane.
There are major hotel accommodations located within
1 to 5 miles of the training facility.
LOCATION OF TRAINING FACILITY
National Hansen's Disease Programs
Administration Bldg. Conference Room
1770 Physicians Park Drive
Baton Rouge, LA 70816
C.M.E. APPLIED FOR
- Louisiana State Board of Physical Therapy Examiners.
- C.E. Board for Certification in Pedorthics.
- Contact hours pending approval by the Louisiana
State
Nurses Association (LSNA), an accredited approver
by the
American Nurses Credentialing Center, Commission on
Accreditation.
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