Sacred Heart Hospital on the Emerald Coast Senior Spirit program will host a seminar featuring Dr. Ellen Vorbeck, DNP, of Sacred Heart Hospital’s Wound Care Center, on Wednesday, Oct. 26 at 10 a.m.
Dr. Vorbeck will speak on “Avoiding Wounds as We Age” – covering a variety of topics including how to avoid injury, how to care for simple injuries, wound care at home and specialized wound care services available at Sacred Heart Hospital. There will be a question and answer session after the presentation.
Dr. Vorbeck is a Doctor of Nursing Practice and holds board certification as an Adult Nurse Practitioner, Certified Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurse and Certified Wound Specialist with over 20 years of wound and ostomy experience and 13 years of experience in adult medicine. She is a noted key opinion leader and educator in the field of wound and ostomy care.
The Center for Wound Care at Sacred Heart Hospital on the Emerald Coast provides the expertise to properly diagnose and treat slow-healing and chronic wounds. The center also provides specialized care, troubleshooting, and education for patients with ostomies. The multidisciplinary team of wound care experts work together to heal wounds and preserve limbs while educating the patient and preventing wound recurrence.
The free community-education seminar will be held in the hospital’s Resource Center, Suite 3 Conference Room. Call (850) 278-3600 or (877) 416-1620 to register.
For more information about Sacred Heart Hospital on the Emerald Coast, please visit www.sacredheartemerald.org.
About Sacred Heart Health System
Sacred Heart Health System is Northwest Florida’s leading provider of high-quality health care to children and adults. The hub of the Sacred Heart system is its 566-bed Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola. The facilities in Pensacola include The Studer Family Children’s Hospital at Sacred Heart, a Level II Trauma Center, a Cancer Center affiliated with MD Anderson Cancer Network, a Heart & Vascular Institute, and the area’s leading Maternity Center. The Health System also includes Sacred Heart Hospital on the Emerald Coast, a 58-bed community hospital near Destin, Sacred Heart Hospital on the Gulf, a 19-bed hospital in Port St. Joe, Fla., and Sacred Heart Medical Group, a large regional network of primary care and specialty physicians with offices across seven coastal counties between Gulf Shores, Ala. and Apalachicola, Fla.
Sacred Heart has been recognized for 16 straight years by National Research Corporation as winner of the Consumer Choice Award as the most preferred health care system in Northwest Florida. For more information, call 850-416-7000 or visit online at www.sacred-heart.org.
Sacred Heart is a member of Ascension (www.ascension.org), the largest non-profit health system in the U.S. and the world’s largest Catholic health system
Date and Time
Wednesday Oct 26, 2016
