This one-day course will improve your understanding of the stages of wound healing, starting from a cellular and biochemical level. The course is designed to aid your decision making and optimise your management of wounds. The practical aspects of this course will concentrate on wound dressing and principles of surgical wound closure in a wet-lab setting.

Event Details:

  • When: Saturday, May 12, 2018
  • Event Location: Unitec Institute of Technology, Auckland

Key Skills:

At the end of this workshop delegates should be able to:

  • Assess and classify a wound
  • Make decisions on wound management
  • Know and apply the principles of wound dressing
  • Know and apply the principles of surgical wound closure

Speaker Biography

Damian Chase

BVSc, MANZCVS, DECVS
European and NZ Registered Specialist in Small Animal Surgery

Damian is a surgical specialist based at VSG in Auckland, New Zealand, and is a co-founder of Practical CPD. He graduated from Massey University in 1997 and spent a number of years in mixed animal practice before he completed his residency in small animal surgery at Glasgow University. Damian gained the Diploma for the European College of Veterinary Surgeons in 2011.

Damian has a keen interest in all aspects of surgery especially complex fracture fixation and reconstructive surgery. He also enjoys working with wildlife and has operated on a variety of different species such as chimpanzees, giraffes, and seals, including two trips to Cameroon to operate on lowland gorillas.

Wound Management and Skin Reconstruction Techniques