Everything Old Is New Again

Terry Treadwell

 

This past weekend I was invited to be part of a group of wound care practitioners from the United States, Europe, Australia, and South Africa to design a manuscript to assist health care practitioners from around the world treat hard-to-heal wounds. At the meeting, cases were presented, and treatments were discussed, and it dawned on me that everything we were discussing was information that had been discussed many times before. It seems that no matter where in the world one treats wounds, the problems are the same and solving old problems is a major issue. As one who has had the privilege to teach and write about wound treatment in Sub-Saharan Africa, for me, the old topics became new again … read more