Module 2: Basic Surgical Skills
Module 2: Basic Surgical Skills
Module 2: Basic Surgical Skills
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PREVENTION OF WOUND INFECTIONS• Restore breathing, blood circulation as soon as possibleafter injury• Warm victim; at earliest opportunity provide high-energynutrition, pain relief• Perform wound toilet, debridement as soon as possible(within 8 hours if possible)• Respect universal precautions• Antibiotic prophylaxis for deep or penetrating wounds(dirty stick, knife) and wounds older than 12 hours33 |Emergency and Essential <strong>Surgical</strong> Care (EESC) programmewww.who.int/surgery