Webinar – Vascular Screening Assessment and Diagnostics for Practice Nurses

Facilitators:

• Martin Forbes, Vascular Sonographer, Regional Vascular Services, Bendigo, in association with Melbourne Institute of Vascular Interventional Radiology (MIVIR)
• Monika Samolyk, Advanced Practice Nurse Consultant, Regional Wounds Victoria, Hume-east region

Topics include:

• Referral criteria and pathways
• Imaging techniques
• Imaging with a wound consultant
• Referral options for other vascular imaging
• Treatment referral pathways
• Follow up

Learning outcomes:

1. Describe the link between early referral for vascular sonography and improved outcomes for regional patients.
2. Identify actual rather than perceived barriers to vascular sonography.