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This episode is created as part of the EWMA Toolkit project on Prevention of pressure ulcer/injury recurrence in patients with spinal cord injuries. The podcast explores the ethical principles that shape prevention and management, including autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence and justice. The expert panel discusses how these principles guide day-to-day decisions: - balancing patient autonomy with essential preventive actions - involving family and informal caregivers in daily skin checks and risk - monitoring - using interdisciplinary teamwork to ensure personalised and responsive care - applying practical prevention strategies such as routine skin inspection, repositioning, appropriate seating systems and nutritional optimisation Real clinical cases illustrate how ethical dilemmas arise when patient preferences, social context or system constraints complicate prevention. The episode emphasises that ethical practice requires communication, collaboration and a person-centred approach. This episode features the following specialists: Professor Dimitri Beeckman Professor at Ghent University in Belgium and Örebro University in Belgium, where he is also the Pro Vice-Chancellor for Interantional Affairs President, European Wound Management Association (EWMA) Dimitri is one of the Editors for the project. Mrs Hayley Ryan Director of WoundRescue Pty Ltd, Australia & New Zealand Adjunct Lecturer University of Technology Sydney Wound Clinical Nurse Consultant, NSW & ACT Uniting Emergency Department Clinician, John Hunter Hospital PhD Researcher, Newcastle University Mr Paulo Ramos Nurse Specialist at ULS Póvoa de Varzim / Vila do Conde, USF Corino de Andrade, Portugal. Certified wound care educator. Board Member of the Portuguese Wound Care Association EWMA Council Member and Chair of EWMA Education Committee. Paulo is also one of the Editors for the project. Professor Andrea Pokorna Head of the Department of Health Sciences Vice Dean for Healthcare Study Programmes and Information Technology Masaryk University | Faculty of Medicine, Czech Republic Member of the National Wound Care Association Certified Wound Educator Scientific Recorder, European Wound Management Association (EWMA) Mrs Susan Flavin Clinical Nurse Specialist Pressure Ulcer Prevention Intervention Service Swansea Bay University Health Board, Wales, UK

This episode is created as part of the EWMA Toolkit project on Prevention of pressure ulcer/injury recurrence in patients with spinal cord injuries. The discussion highlights how laws, national guidelines and institutional standards influence clinical practice and patient rights. Key points include: - the necessity of thorough documentation as legal evidence of care delivered - managing informed consent when patients refuse repositioning, assessments or equipment - handling cases where patients lack capacity, especially in palliative contexts - how clinical standards and regulations are used to judge whether care met accepted practice - case examples showing how documentation, autonomy and clinical judgement intersect in negligence claims The episode underscores that safe practice relies on transparency, communication and adherence to recognised clinical standards while still placing the individual at the centre of care. This episode features the following specialists: Dr Sylvia is a legal nurse consultant, is a Certified Wound Care Nurse with 42 years of clinical expertise. With a Doctorate in Nursing and an MSc in Wound Healing and Tissue Repair, Cindy is a former VP of Clinical Affairs, an honorary lecturer at Cardiff University and a published author and international speaker. Professor Jeffery is the Medical Director for Pioneer Wound Healing and Lymphoedema Centres which is an independent provider of services to the NHS in England. He is also a Consultant Plastic Surgeon, serving with the British Army for 40 years including 4 tours of Afghanistan during his service, Steve is an active researcher in the field of wounds and a member of the Wound Healing Practice Development Unit at Birmingham City University and an Honorary Visiting Professor at Cardiff University.

In this episode you can listen to a conversation between EWMA podcast host Samantha Holloway and two prominent figures in the field of wound management education; Professor Sebastian Probst and Professor Madeleine Flanagan. The major question addressed in this episode is what challenges and goals wound education has faced in the past 30 years? While wound management education has developed significantly standardization across different national contexts differ quite considerably. One driver of the developments within wound education discussed in this episode is the educational support provided by various EWMA initiatives - for example the EWMA curricula. Listen in as Professor Probst and Professor Flanagan discuss how they have experienced challenges in wound education from both a Swizz, British and a more general European context.

In this episode, you can listen to a conversation between EWMA Podcast host Samantha Holloway and two prominent figures in the field of wound management; Professor Christine Moffatt and Professor Alberto Piaggesi. The major question addressed in this episode is how did the crisis change wound management across Europe? Thus, the episode takes on the contemporary crisis of Covid-19 and the pandemic’s effects not only on wound management specifically but health care systems more generally. While Covid-19 has proved a disruption to most health care systems providing them with an opportunity to innovate the pandemic has also meant negative and severe consequences for wound patients. The podcast provides an overview of the recent challenges, outcomes and knowledge produced in the still ongoing global pandemic.

In this episode, you can listen to a conversation between EWMA Podcast Host Samantha Holloway and two key figures in the fields of Dermatology and wound management; Dr. Kirsi Isoherranen and Dr. Severin Läuchli. The episode follows the first episode's focus on the historical development of EWMA but narrows the temporal scope to consider the past five years. Changes are evident from both the major innovations happening in wound management, but also as an effect of Covid-19 as a global pandemic. The major question addressed in this episode is what has changed in wound management and care since EWMA's 25th year anniversity in 2016? The podcast provides an overview of the contemporary changes in the discipline of wound management since the last time we celebrated a EWMA anniversery.

In this episode, you can listen to a conversation between EWMA Podcast Host Samantha Holloway and two key figures in wound healing coming out of Scandinavia; Professor Finn Gottrup and Professor Jan Apelqvist. The discussion initiates this season's focus on the historical development of EWMA since its inception in 1991. The major question addressed in this episode is what has changed in wound management since EWMA was established 30 years ago? The podcast provides and overview of the tremendous change the discipline of wound healing and management has went through since the foundation of EWMA.

In this episode, you can listen to a conversation between the EWMA Podcast Host Samantha Holloway and Dr Athanasios Hassoulas, director of the MSc in Psychiatry programme and Senior Lecturer in Psychological Medicine at Cardiff University. They will talk about the meaning and impact of patient engagement and empowerment in relation to diabetes and diabetic foot ulcer management. The podcast provides reflections on the topic as well as recommendations on how to implement these person-centred tools in your meetings with diabetic foot ulcer patients in you daily clinical practice.

Listen to this episode and dive into the recent trends and developments linked to the prevention of diabetic foot ulceration. Jaap van Netten (Netherlands), Peter Lazzarini (Australia) and Samantha Holloway (UK) talk about key elements in supporting the prevention of diabetic foot ulcer and keeping patients with ulcers in remission. You can also learn more about how you can create positive goals together with your DFU patients, where you can celebrate not only ulcer healing but also increased mobility and remission after an ulcer have been healed.

This new EWMA DFU podcast episode is devoted to the management of diabetic foot ulcer in a multidisciplinary team. Samantha Holloway and Paul Chadwick discuss the importance of multidisciplinary collaboration in the management of diabetic foot and how non-specialist healthcare professionals could also be engaged in the prevention of diabetic foot ulcer. They also touch upon the key strategies to increase awareness around diabetic foot ulcer, its burden to the healthcare system and high mortality among patients affected by this severe condition. Host: Samantha Holloway, Reader and Programme Director in the Centre for Medical Education, School of Medicine based at the College of Life and Biomedical Sciences at Cardiff University in the UK Guest: Paul Chadwick, Clinical Director at the College of Podiatry, Honorary Consultant Podiatrist Manchester, previously the Chair of Foot in Diabetes UK

Alberto Piaggesi, EWMA President, introduces the new season in the first episode. By listening to this podcast you can learn about: - why EWMA brings more focus to diabetic foot disease and ulceration - how DFU could be addressed by healthcare professionals, researchers, patients, and individuals working within the industry The host of the podcast is Samantha Holloway, EWMA Education Committee and Teacher Network Chair.

What recommendations would you give for cleaning lesions caused by PPE? Which kind of dressings should healthcare professionals be using as a preventive measure for PPE? Podcast host: Samantha Holloway, Speakers: Elena Conde Montero, Karen Ousey and Kimberley LeBlanc.

In this short emergency episode of the EWMA podcasts, Julie Jordan O’Brien talks about how to help wound care patients during the COVID-19 and how a healthcare professional (HCP) can change a dressing in a home care setting. This episode might be especially helpful for HCPs who are not specialized in wound care. You can listen to this 6 minutes podcast or share a PDF with its script with your colleagues that might need help at the moment.

In this episode, Samantha Holloway and Karen Ousey discuss the principles of AMS in wound management and how to implement those in clinical practice. Holloway and Ousey emphasize that an interdisciplinary approach to AMS is essential in slowing the growth of resistant bacteria. They also touch upon the importance of professional education in AMS among healthcare professionals.

In this episode, Samantha Holloway, Chair of the EWMA Education Committee and Teacher Network, talks to EWMA Council member, Kirsi Isoherranen, Specialist in Dermatology, HUS Helsinki Wound Healing Centre in Finland. She is also the editor of the recent EWMA Document on Atypical wounds. They talk about Atypical wounds and what wound management practitioners should know about these types of wounds.

Georgina Gethin discusses with the podcast host, Julie Jordan O’Brien, what person-centred care is and why it is so important in wound management. By listening to this episode, you can learn more about the benefits of shared decision-making between the patient and clinicians in wound management and get some practical support in implementing it.