CAP38: Wound Assessment & Management

 

The trainee will be able to evaluate the patient who presents with a wound and implement a management plan. Know of special types of wound: puncture, bites, amputation, de-gloving and presence of foreign bodies. Be able to demonstrate the ability to explore a wound and recognise injury to structures.

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The Paediatric Foreign Body Game
The Paediatric Foreign Body Game

Paediatric foreign body insertion or ingestion of objects is common. Removing them, however, can be a tricky task! Test your knowledge with TEN typical patient cases and decide what YOU would do next…

#SimBlog: A Paediatric Stabbing
#SimBlog: A Paediatric Stabbing

A large muscular 15-year-old adolescent is walked in by hospital security clutching a blood-soaked sheet with a knife sticking out his right leg.

Lightning Learning: Pre-Tibial Laceration
Lightning Learning: Pre-Tibial Laceration

Pre-tibial lacerations usually affects the older population when the skin over the shin becomes thin and friable, allowing small injuries to cause the skin to tear for easily.

Lightning Learning: DVT & PE
Lightning Learning: DVT & PE

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Remember, Remember... Burns and Scalds
Remember, Remember... Burns and Scalds

Time to revise Burns and Scalds ready for Bonfire Night.

 

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