Question

2. John Brown is admitted to the hospital for surgical incision and drainage (I&D) of an abscess on his right calf, which resulted from a farm machinery accident. The right calf has an area 3 cm × 2.5 cm, which is red, warm and hard to touch, and edematous. (Learning Objective 5)

2.             The surgeon orders for wet-to-dry sterile saline dressing twice a day with iodoform gauze to the wound, covered with the wet-to-dry dressing. Explain how to perform this dressing change.

Answer 1

Wet to dry dressing Change . Check the pahent's chart and make sure the change is according to the established schedule 2. Gatter all the matevials that are needed to perform wet to dry dressing. The matenal includes Such as paper tafe, sterite gloves, sterile solution and a 3. Wash from finger tipto the elbia using Scopf Warm water. lear a sterile gloves bsfore be gning 4 Beain the brocess along the edges and bunching the old dhesn to the cente o the ho.Alloro the coline SIt tor a while to detach the hoound hrom the dressing bejore Confinuing the emoval brocens 4 rocess by removing the dressing by starting 5. Thouroughl Clean the wound using saline and guaze Tt tc Inpootant to use a light amount o preo re to the woundl So that the nenw skin is not disturbed ohile Cleaning the areq Steile saluten to macten haly oh a foo pieceu of clean The number oj pieces oh stevile guaze depends geald on size and seven면 ob voound.fae the moistened qauze diedt on the patient's oourd ond Olloko hoith du dressing" Secure the dressing ni baper tape a jeo