PLEASE COURSE PREREQUISITES PRIOR TO BOOKING. COST: € 2,700 INCLUDES TUITION / BANDAGE KIT / PERIKIT /CERT LEVEL 3. Course dates:L1 Techniques review day: Sunday September 27th (8.30am - 5.30pm)Practical (Part 1): September 28th - 30th (8.30am - 5.30pm)Medical Pathology Lectures: October 1st & 2nd (8.30am - 5.30pm) Clinical/ Theory Exams: October 3rd 8.30am - 1pmRest/study/practice days: October 4th & 5th Practical (Part 2): October 6th -9th LOCATION: Cork International Hotel : www.corkinternationalhotel.com Contact Events manager: [email protected]. DL 00353 214549889 If you have successfully completed Dr Vodder-accredited L1 & L2 courses elsewhere, your certificates of achievement within the last 2 years will be required. Contact us for further information. Lymphoedema and chronic oedema course (78 hours or 94 UIs). Theoretical instruction: 16 hours or 24 UIs LYMPHOEDEMA Diagnostics of lymphoedema, lymphoscintigraphy, indirect and direct lymphography, Stemmer’s sign, primary lymphoedema and its pathophysiology, secondary lymphoedema and its pathophysiology, malignant lymphoedema, MLD and metastatization; Risks and prevention of oedema, oedema fact sheets; Compression therapy of lymphoedema using bandaging, stockings and compression devices; Surgical interventions in lymphoedema; Complications in lymphoedema such as erysipelas, lymph vesicles, lymphatic fistulas, lymphocele, lymphogenic ulcers, protein fibroses, interdigital mycoses, papillomatosis cutis lymphostatica, Stewart- Treves syndrome = angiosarcoma; Lymphoedema and pregnancy; Radiation injury in combination with lymphoedema; Radiation dermatitis, radiation fibrosis, radiofibrotic plexus injury, radiation injury of other organs; Outpatient and inpatient lymphology treatment and results in lymphoedema. Face lymphoedema after neck dissection. ARTIFICIAL LYMPHOEDEMA (SELF-INDUCED OEDEMA): Assessment and measurement of lymphoedema. VENOUS OEDEMA: Anatomy of veins and pathophysiology of the venous system Thromboses, thrombophlebitis, varicose veins, ulcus cruris venosum Compression therapy in phleboedema, phleboedema/ulcus cruris/phlebolymphoedema as indications for MLD. POST-TRAUMATIC OEDEMA / POST-OPERATIVE OEDEMA/ PERI-OPERATIVE OEDEMA: In fractures, contusions, distortions, sprains, dislocations, pain, postoperative oedema and hematoma as well as oedema in burns. Pathophysiology and role of MLD and other accompanying therapies. REFLEX SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY = SUDECK’S DISEASE (COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME) Pathophysiology and role of MLD and other accompanying therapies. OEDEMA CAUSED BY PHYSICAL INACTIVITY Pathophysiology, role of MLD. OEDEMA IN ARTERIAL CIRCULATORY PROBLEMS Pathophysiology, gangrene, indication for and limits of MLD and compression therapy LIPOEDEMA Distinction between adiposity, lipohypertrophy, lipoedema and lipalgia syndrome. Pathophysiology, diagnosis and therapy. IDIOPATHIC OEDEMA Pathophysiology, clinical picture and therapy, role of MLD and compression. CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY OEDEMA Rheumatic oedema, pathophysiology, MLD as additional therapy. CONTRAINDICATIONS FOR MLD, IN PARTICULAR: Acute infections Cardiac decompensation Acute phlebothrombosis Local recurrence of tumor, local metastasizing Acute eczema in oedema region OEDEMA THAT ONLY RESPOND TO MEDICATION AND DIETARY THERAPY: Pathophysiology, role of MLD. PRESCRIPTION OF MLD Prescription of compression bandaging and stockings: Indications for bandaging; Different types of compression stockings, compression devices and prostheses; Psychological problems in patients with oedema in post-cancer treatment. PATIENT DEMONSTRATIONS: Eight or more patients suffering from oedematous disorders need to be presented, among them at least one case of primary oedema, one case of secondary lymphoedema of the arm, one case of secondary lymphoedema of the leg, one phleboedema and one lipoedema. As a matter of principle, these patients must be introduced. REFUND POLICY - PLEASE READ
