Describe the wound and your wound care. You can do this during the visit with the patient, or during the debrief.
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Example 1 - Visit
“You have a skin tear on your right food, 3rd toe.
I’m going to measure it… it’s 0.5 by 0.1 by 0.1 cm. So for the wound care, I’m going to first cleanse with saline, now pat it dry with gauze, and now cover with xeroform and with this island dressing.”
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Example 2 - Debrief
“Patient has a right foot, 3rd toe skin tear. Size is 0.5 by 0.1 by 0.1 cm. Cleansed with saline, patted dry with gauze, covered with xeroform and with island dressing.”
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If the patient has multiple wounds, you can use shortcuts and say “same wound care for all wounds.”
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