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Module 2: Basic Surgical Skills

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ACUTE BURN MANAGEMENT• Focus care on rapid healing, infection prevention– If small area: immerse in cold water 30 minutes toreduce oedema, tissue damage• Tetanus toxoid• Remove broken, tense or infected blisters• Excise adherent necrotic tissue• Gently cleanse burn with 0.25% (2.5 g/l) chlorhexidinesolution, 0.1% (1 g/l) cetrimide solution, or another mildwater-based antiseptic• Maintain good nutrition: very high metabolic demands dueto burns72 |Emergency and Essential <strong>Surgical</strong> Care (EESC) programmewww.who.int/surgery

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