Pressure Ulcer Summit Program
Reducing Health Disparities in Pressure Ulcer/Injury (PU/PI) Detection & Management
October 7-9 2021, Atlanta
4:00 PM - 4:15 PM
Welcome by AAWC
4:15 PM - 5:00 PM
AAWC Business Meeting
5:00 PM - 5:45 PM
Motivational Speaker on Health Disparities
5:45 PM - 6:00 PM
Networking Activity
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM
Registration & Coffee
8:30 AM - 8:40 AM
Welcome by AAWC
8:40 AM - 9:10 AM
Setting the stage: A refresher on the pathophysiology of pressure injury development
9:10 AM - 10:10 AM
What is this? Is this a pressure injury? Differential diagnosis and description
10:10 AM - 10:40 AM
Harm from gadgets and gizmos: Medical device related pressure injury
10:40 AM - 11:00 AM
Networking Break/Open Exhibit Hall
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Equity gaps: Health disparities and skin color
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Lunch Symposium - sponsored by Next Science
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Exhibit Hall
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Learning from the wisdom of wound specialists of color: What does early pressure injury and other skin damage look like in persons with dark skin tones?
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Day 1 Wrap Up
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Networking Event in Exhibit Hall
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM
Registration & Coffee
8:30 AM - 9:15 AM
Leveling the playing field: technology for assessment of pressure induced tissue damage
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM
Making better choices: Tissue tolerance and support surfaces
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Networking Break/Open Exhibit Hall
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM
Maximizing Available Resource: Using what you have to manage disparities and risks across health care settings
11:45 AM - 1:45 PM
Lunch & Exhibit Hall
1:45 PM - 2:45 PM
Just do it, but how? PrIP implementation in different settings
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM
Telehealth: Access, opportunities, disparities
3:45 PM - 4:15 PM
Day 2 Wrap Up & Summit Conclusion
