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Module 2: Basic Surgical Skills

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WOUND TOILET ANDSURGICAL DEBRIDEMENTAB• Wash wound with large quantities ofsoap and boiled water for 10 minutes,then irrigate with saline; prep skinwith antiseptic (A)• Debride wound meticulously toremove loose foreign material, usesurgical techniques to cut awaydamaged, dead tissue• Excise only very thin margin of skinfrom wound edge (B)30 |Emergency and Essential <strong>Surgical</strong> Care (EESC) programmewww.who.int/surgery

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