Section: Module 4: Lesson 9: Wound Care | Didactic Emergency Medicine | NextGenU.org
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Learning objectives
- List the factors that go into the decision to close a wound primarily.
- Describe the difference between a clean and dirty wound.
- Explain local and regional (digital) anesthetic techniques.
- Describe the maximum doses of lidocaine.
- Demonstrate the application of local anesthesia.
- Describe the role or sterility in wound irrigation and repair.
- Explain proper irrigation technique.
- Describe how to detect a retained foreign body.
- Describe different closure techniques (Steri-strips, Dermabond, suturing).
- List the various suture materials and their appropriate uses.
- Demonstrate proper closure of a wound (simple interrupted technique).
- Describe the number of days for suture removal.
- List the indications for tetanus prophylaxis.
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Quiz: Module 4: Lesson 9: Preparation
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How common is tetanus prophylaxis in your country/region? What is the impact of tetanus in your area of the world?
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Quiz: Module 4: Lesson 9: Anesthesia
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Ask your supervisor to review, demonstrate and guide you in the performance of local anesthetic infiltration administration, including institutional policy and procedure.
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What are some of the greatest challenges in learning how to properly perform local anesthetic infiltration?
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Read the section Investigating for Possible Foreign Body
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Quiz: Module 4: Lesson 9: Wound Management
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Describe sterile technique, and what could happen if the physician fails to follow sterile technique.
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What are some of the risks associated with not examining a wound due to a foreign body within 24 hrs?
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Go through the rest of this module, reading the text and watching the videos. Note: Parts of this module were already read ("Wound considerations" and "Wound antisepsis and sterile technique").
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Ask your supervisor to review, demonstrate and guide you in the practice of suture placement, including institutional policy and procedure.
Click on the submit button and write one sentence that indicates you have performed this activity. If for some reason you cannot perform the activity, please indicate that and the reason why you were unable to perform the activity. Your mentor will grade your activity on a pass/fail basis.
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How can a co-existing illness like diabetes affect healing times?
- List the factors that go into the decision to close a wound primarily.