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Module 2: Basic Surgical Skills

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WOUND TOILET AND SURGICALDEBRIDEMENT• Leave wound open after debridement to allow for healingby secondary intention• Pack lightly with damp saline gauze, cover packed woundwith dry dressing• Change packing, dressing daily - more often if outerdressing becomes damp with blood, other body fluids• Large defects will require closure with flaps or skin graftsbut may be initially be managed with saline packing32 |Emergency and Essential <strong>Surgical</strong> Care (EESC) programmewww.who.int/surgery

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