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Module 2: Basic Surgical Skills

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ACUTE BURN MANAGEMENT• Change burn dressing daily or as often as necessary toprevent seepage through dressing• On each dressing change, remove any loose tissue• Inspect wounds: discoloration, hemorrhage may indicatedeveloping infection.• Cellulitis in surrounding tissue is an indicator of infection• Fever is not a useful sign; may persist until burn healed73 |Emergency and Essential <strong>Surgical</strong> Care (EESC) programmewww.who.int/surgery

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