Venous Disease Coalition launches new VTE Toolkit for health professionals

The Vascular Disease Foundation's Venous Disease Coalition announced the launch of its new VTE Toolkit, A Practical Overview for Health Professionals. This toolkit was developed by the Venous Disease Coalition (VDC) and may be accessed online at www.venousdiseasecoalition.org/vte-toolkit.

The VTE Toolkit provides some of the key concepts about venous thromboembolism (VTE) and anticoagulant management. VTE is a common, potentially life-threatening, but treatable and generally preventable disorder that includes two related conditions, deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE). This useful resource may be accessed for personal learning as well as educational activities with groups. The content of the toolkit has been carefully selected to reflect the essential current, evidence-based knowledge in the area of VTE.

The Toolkit is a series of 12 PowerPoint slide presentations that may be used separately or as a group. Each chapter can be used in its current form or modified to meet the educational needs of a specific audience or act as a supplement to presenters' existing slides to complement a presentation. The slides are available in PowerPoint (Office 7-PPTX and Office 97-2003-PPT) and PDF formats.

"The VTE Toolkit was designed to be a "living resource", said Dr. Bill Geerts, VDC Steering Committee member and chair of the VDC science committee. "We welcome feedback on the content and encourage users to send us material that can be used to supplement or replace some of the slides and thereby to enhance the quality of this resource."

The VTE Toolkit is a free resource that was created by the VDC and may be found at www.venousdiseasecoalition.org/vte-toolkit. The toolkit is made possible in part through funding from Eisai, Inc.