Wound Closure Course

This wound closure course is for internal candidates only and suitable for senior nurses, SCPS, junior doctors and medical students covering....

Wound.png


Course Lead:
Tracey Cox - Senior Cardiothoracic Surgical Care Practitioner

Location:
West Midlands Surgical Training Centre
Ground Floor, West Wing
University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust


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.

Ethicon.png
Screenshot 2023-07-25 at 13.06.10.png


UHCW NHS Trust 29th September 2023

29th September 2023

West Midlands Surgical Training Centre UHCW NHS Trust