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Module 2: Basic Surgical Skills

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ACUTE BURN MANAGEMENT: Nutrition• Energy, protein requirements extremely high due to thecatabolism of trauma, heat loss, infection, demands oftissue regeneration• If necessary, feed patient through nasogastric tube toensure adequate energy intake• Anemia and malnutrition prevent burn wound healing,result in failure of skin grafts• Eggs, peanut oil are good, locally available supplements78 |Emergency and Essential <strong>Surgical</strong> Care (EESC) programmewww.who.int/surgery

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