Community Wound Care: Strategies to Address Wounds Associated with Substance Use, Homelessness, and Trauma
May 18th, 2026 8:00am – 4:30pm
Blue Ridge Room
121 Hendersonville Road
Asheville, NC 28803-2868
Join your colleagues for this full-day training to discuss best practices in community-level wound care.
MAHEC welcomes you, opioid response team members, EMS, county staff, harm reduction organizations, health departments, medical providers, and community members engaged in mutual aid, to attend this workshop with dynamic sessions on topics such as:
- How to create a community wound care initiative; lessons learned from existing programs
- A discussion of wounds stemming from xylazine and other novel potent opioids (NPOs)
- Case-based practice recognizing, assessing, and treating wounds in a variety of settings
- Reviewing community resources to best serve patients
- Recognizing frontline agencies’ role in supporting patient autonomy in wound management and more!