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46 epuap Dr Michael Clark EUROPEAN PRESSURE ULCER ADVISORY PANEL Letter from the Editor EDITORIAL Ihad been looking forward to writing this introduction to the issue of the EPUAP Review that is distributed at the time of our Annual Open Meeting. There is always something pleasing about being able to welcome EPUAP members and those (hopefully) soon to be members to the conference. However, this year sees EPUAP approach the Tampere conference in sombre mood. The recent death of Gerry Bennett, our first Recorder has been a great shock to the EPUAP ‘family’ members. Gerry’s contribution to the development of EPUAP was immense – as our first Recorder he was responsible to the scientific programme at the seminal EPUAP conferences. As his successor in the post of Recorder, I was personally grateful for his advice and support during the Budapest conference last year. However, Gerry did much more than organise the conference programme, this issue of the EPUAP Review contains the draft text of a new EPUAP guideline on the role of nutrition in pressure ulcer prevention and treatment. This project was instigated by Gerry Bennett last year during the Budapest conference and he was responsible for bringing together the team that worked on the guideline text. I hope that the material we developed reflects Gerry’s enthusiasm for understanding pressure ulceration, while all members of the guideline group would like to thank him for his comments upon the various drafts we produced. The EPUAP has lost one of its strongest supporters, we will miss him for Gerry helped to build EPUAP into today’s vibrant organization. Looking ahead from this sombre time, we must continue to develop EPUAP and strengthen its influence. A growing, respected and influential EPUAP would indeed be a fitting tribute. This issue of the EPUAP Review also contains the first section from the recent pressure ulcer guidelines published in the Netherlands last year. This is the first part of an on-going series of articles that set out the content of this important evidence-based guideline. EPUAP became aware of this guideline through our members from the Netherlands, it would be excellent if EPUAP could develop a library of pressure ulcer guidelines from across Europe. Could I ask members to send the EPUAP Business Office copies of national pressure ulcer guidelines or links to web sites where the documents could be accessed. Looking forward to seeing you in Tampere. Michael Clark Editor Volume 5, Number 2, 2003
epuap Letter Dr Marco Romanelli EUROPEAN PRESSURE ULCER ADVISORY PANEL from the President Dear Readers, THIS is my last contribution as the President of EPUAP and I would like to begin by remembering our colleague, Professor Gerry Bennett. Gerry will be remembered by EPUAP both for his accomplishments as a professional and for his sterling qualities as a person. He was an outstanding physician and an effective teacher who enriched all of us with his activity in the field of pressure ulcers. Even though I was not a close friend or even a close colleague, I, like many others admired him greatly. Since the foundation of EPUAP he expressed an eclectic interest in the progression of the society, with his most recent contribution being the suggestion to develop the nutrition guidelines which will be presented at our next annual meeting in Tampere. In my interactions with Gerry he had a delightful, subtle sense of humour that was expressed in the playful way in which he related to those with whom he was familiar. The memory of Professor Gerry Bennett will be held forever in inestimable esteem by each of us who were privileged to know him. The success and improvement of the EPUAP Review depends on the material available to the production team, and this availability depends not only on our trustees, but also on our many members. During my two years of presidency a large number of contributions were submitted and many of these were from different countries, reflecting the international readership and widespread interest in pressure ulcer prevention and management. My personal thanks go to Mike Clark for his invaluable hard work and continued support of the Review. Thanks also to the Business Office in Oxford, Dr and Mrs Cherry and Jane Green, who actively strive to keep improving the EPUAP Review. I look forward to working with the EPUAP in the future; helping to improve future activities and also in making the EPUAP Review a valuable read for all interested in research, prevention and management of pressure ulcers. Marco Romanelli President of the EPUAP Volume 5, Number 2, 2003 47
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