What are the precautions of debridement

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Debridement is a necessary step for doctors before performing some operations. In short, debridement is to clean the wound, so as not to let bacteria have the chance to infect the wound. The importance of this work is self-evident. Let's talk about the precautions of debridement.

What are the precautions of debridement

First, wound cleaning is an important step in debridement. It is necessary to wash the wound repeatedly with a large amount of normal saline. It is necessary to clean the wound before debridement. Local anesthesia can only be used after cleaning the wound. During debridement, the dead tissue should be completely removed, and the living tissue should be taken care of and preserved as much as possible, so as to avoid wound infection, promote healing and preserve function.

Second, tissue suture must avoid too much tension, so as to avoid ischemia or necrosis. According to the general situation, infusion or blood transfusion, reasonable application of antibiotics, to prevent wound infection, promote the regression of inflammation, injection of tetanus antitoxin; if the wound is deep, heavy pollution, intramuscular injection of gas gangrene antitoxin serum should be carried out at the same time. 　　

Third: raise the injured limb, promote blood return, inject blood supply of the injured limb, whether the wound bandage is appropriate, whether the wound has bleeding, etc. the wound drainage strip should be removed within 24-48 hours after operation according to the drainage material. When the wound is bleeding or infection occurs, the suture should be removed immediately, the cause should be checked, and the treatment should be carried out.

matters needing attention

The above is a summary of the debridement need to pay attention to some matters, whether doctors or nurses or patients' families, this skill needs to be familiar with, so that you can also do this work at home, thus saving a lot of unnecessary steps.