This wound closure course is suitable for senior nurses, SCPS, junior doctors and medical students covering....
- Anatomy and physiology of wound healing
- Types of sutures and needles and their uses.
- Principles of wound closure
- Complications and surgical site infection
- Wound care and VAC therapy
Practical session
- Knot Tying
- Instrument and sharp handling.
- Simple stitch, mattress stitch (vertical, horizontal).
- Continuous stitch, subcuticular.
- Starting Knot, finishing knot.