Fistula Management – Page 4

Free Webinar on Comprehensive Management of Digestive Tract Fistulas

Mary Anne Obst, RN, CWON, CCRN, presents in this free recorded webinar that will increase your knowledge of enteric fistulas and their management. This informative program will give you practical insights into assessing the patient with an enteric fistula. Mary Anne will also cover the medical, surgical, and wound care strategies that can help optimize patient outcomes.

Click here to view the webinar.

Sharing her clinical expertise as a complex abdomen specialist, Ms. Obst will outline the risk factors associated with enteric fistulas and the preventive measures that may help reduce complications. Critical factors for successful fistula management and closure will be covered. Mary Anne will also discuss specific wound care principles and the application of the "pinch test" as the gateway to surgical readiness.

Fistula Training with the thumbroll App

The free thumbroll app has a new step-by-step training module on Enteroatmospheric Fistula Wound Management. Simply download it from the App Store or Google Play and start learning.

The fistula module is in the General Surgery section of the app. thumbroll uses real images to show how to use the Wound Crown in detailed steps, making it easily digestible. Learn at your pace as you scroll through each step of the process.

thumbroll is like a visual checklist. Content is broken down to the component steps, allowing you to just see what is necessary to learn the material.

thumbroll is a free learning tool for all medical trainees and professionals worldwide and it is available for iOS & Android.

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Florida Enteric Fistula Management Hands-on Workshop

Kersten Reider BSN, RN, CWOCN, will be conducting a hands-on enteric fistula management workshop at the 2019 Florida Association of Enterostomal Therapists Conference in Gainsville, Florida. The workshop begins at 4:30 PM on Friday, May 31st in the Hilton University of Florida Conference Center.

Reider notes, “Enteroatmospheric fistulas (EAF) are common complications of open abdomen bowel surgery. An EAF is a devastating complication for both surgeon, clinical provider, and patient. Prior to the advent of sophisticated treatment plans, EAF’s held a large mortality rate. Traditionally, management of EAFs had involved placing large fistula management pouches over the wound to collect and contain effluent. However, at FAET we will be demonstrating more current techniques to isolate and heal fistulas.”.

Kersten is a Wound, Ostomy, Continence Nurse with Tower Health System in West Reading, Pennsylvania. She has extensive experience in managing enteric fistulas and using Fistula Solution devices. Her workshop will teach you new ways to address your fistula challenges.

Visit the FAET website to see the full conference agenda.

SAWC Spring 2019 – Surviving an Enteric Fistula: The Reality for the Patient and Care Providers

Mary Anne Obst, Complex Abdomen Specialist at Regions Hospital in St. Paul, Minnesota, will present “Surviving an Enteric Fistula: The Reality for the Patient and Care Providers” at SAWC Spring 2019. The presentation is Session 22 on May 9th at 9:15 AM.

Mary Anne will discuss the life changing physical and emotional trauma that some patients experience when a fistula develops. The leakage, odor and skin destruction, and depression can lead to physical and emotional pain that is unbearable. Caregivers suffer as well in terms of frustration with management problems and inability to “make it better” for the patient with the condition. This session will demonstrate pouching techniques using negative pressure wound therapy to contain the drainage, skin management to reduce the discomfort, and pouching tips for keeping the patient clean, dry, and comfortable during this trying time.

Visit the SAWC Spring 2019 website to see the full conference agenda.

Recommended Enteric Fistula Reading: 2018 Atlas of Critical Care Procedures

Find excellent guidance on the Local Management of Enteroatmospheric Fistulae in Chapter 34 of the Atlas of Critical Care Procedures, Editors: Demetrios Demetriades, Kenji Inaba, and Philip D. Lumb.

This atlas is an all-inclusive resource that describes step by step how to perform the essential bedside procedures required to provide optimal care to the critically ill patient. Detailed descriptions of these procedures, with sequential photographs depicting each critical step, provide an in depth understanding of the anatomy, critical technical steps and common pitfalls to both military and civilian trainees. For the advanced professional operator, this atlas will provide a rapid refresher of the critical steps and is an excellent teaching resource, based on the decades of collective experience accumulated by the authors. This atlas is a standard reference for surgeons, critical care physicians, nurses and all critical care professionals who manage enteric fistulas and complex wounds.