EWMA works towards the fulfilment of these goals through: • EWMA documents regarding epidemiology, pathology, diagnosis, prevention and management of wounds of all aetiologies and education into these topics. • Hosting of multidisciplinary wound conferences and training courses in Europe. • Creation of forums for networking and sharing of experiences for individuals and organisations actively involved in wound management. • Advocacy activities targeting policy-makers and key-opinion leaders in national governments and the European Union. • Providing guidance for practices. Published by European Wound Management Association Submit your paper to EWMA Journal Volume 15 Number 1 April 2015 Published by European Wound Management Association EWMA Journal • Aims to spread information about all aspects of wound management, educational opportunities, and research breakthroughs to support the European and Internationally clinical and professional development of wound care practitioners and other stakeholders interested in the area • Has a specific focus on promoting EWMA’s activities and sharing wound relevant news, scientific knowledge and clinical experience between EWMA target groups in EWMA. TECHNOLOGIES LEADING TO CHANGE WHERE WILL IT TAKE US? For more information please see www.ewma.org Journal_0115_NH_12k.indd 1 www.ewma.org 29/04/15 19.08 Published by Editorial Board EUROPEAN WOUND MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION Sue Bale, Editor Salla Seppänen Georgina Gethin Martin Koschnick Rytis Rimdeika EWMA Journal is a peer-reviewed, multidisciplinary journal and the official publication of EWMA. The Journal is CINAHL indexed and publishes original scientific research and practical clinical management articles on the broadly defined topics of wound management, practise, education and research. EWMA Journal is published twice a year – in April and October. Manuscripts will be accepted from any country and should normally be submitted in English (contact the editor for guidance regarding this). Manuscripts will be subject to peer-review and copy-editing before publication. Read the author guidelines for the EWMA Journal at www. ewma.org/english/publications/ewma-journal/author-guidelines.html Please submit your paper to: Editor: Sue Bale EWMA Secretariat Nordre Fasanvej 113 DK-2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark Tel: +45 7020 0305 Fax: +45 7020 0315 [email protected] www.ewma.org The European Wound Management Association EWMA EWMA works continuously to improve European wound patients’ quality of life. We pursue identifying and advocating the highest quality of treatment available and its cost effectiveness from a multidisciplinary point of view. We work to reach our objectives by being an educational resource for health care professionals working with wound care and prevention. We organise conferences, contribute to international projects related to wound management, actively support the implementation of existing knowledge and provide information on all aspects of wound management. EWMA works to achieve the following goals: • Be the overarching ‘umbrella’ organisation under which European wound healing associations collaborate. • Support patients to play a key role in prevention and their own treatment as a central member of the multidisciplinary treatment team. • Provide highly accessible educational resources for citizens, patients and professionals. • Promote wounds as one of the major challenges for the quality of life of citizens as well as a major contributor to the economic burden of European health care systems. • Actively promote to Governments and other decision makers that wounds are preventable by im-plementation of adequate prevention measures. • Promote the delivery of cost-effective, evidence-based best practice wound prevention and wound treatment. • Promote a multidisciplinary approach to the prevention and treatment of wounds.