PAWSIC: Evaluating Global Health using Wounds and Amputations as a Metric

This presentation explores how limb preservation can serve as a global health metric, examining the relationship between wound care infrastructure, multidisciplinary care, health policy, and amputation rates across diverse healthcare settings. Attendees will gain a broader perspective on how improving wound prevention, timely intervention, and coordinated limb preservation strategies can reduce disparities, improve population health, and provide meaningful benchmarks for evaluating health system performance worldwide.