1. Overview: Acute and Chronic Wounds (Whitney) 2. Microbiology of Wounds (Ebright) 3. Dressings: Review and Update (Doughty) 4. Wound Debridement: Issues, Methods, and Considerations (Beitz) 5. Support Surfaces (Mackey) 6. The Older Adult and Wound Issues (Stotts) 7. The End of Life, Wounds, and Wound Care (Schim) 8. The Patient with Cancer and Wound Issues (Gerlach) 9. The Challenges of Obesity and Skin Integrity (Gallagher) 10. The Spinal Cord Injured and Wounds (Caliri) 11. Pressure Ulcers: Review and Update (Maklebust) 12. Substance Abuse and Wounds (Pieper) 13. Lower Extremity Arterial and Venous Ulcers (Sieggreen)