When preparing to bandage a wound, always choose the proper bandage type for the wound or surface that will be bandaged. Make certain that the bandage is wide enough to cover the surface area. Always sanitize your hand prior to applying the bandage. I will tell you how to apply a bandage to the right arm. When applying the circular bandage, use your left hand to hold the bandage in place at the starting point and wrap from left to right around the site in a circular motion. Keep the bandage close to the surface area as you wrap, unrolling as you circle around the affected site. You will continue to wrap the bandage smoothly around until all the bandage is on the surface. We do not want kinks in the bandage wrapping. This is uncomfortable for the patient and may affect the pressure being applied. After which, apply clips to keep the bandage secure. The bandage should be wrapped tight enough to keep it from sliding. However, the bandage should not be so tight that it cut of circulation. After applying the bandage, always check the nail bed for cyanosis. Check the pulse and have patient move their fingers. You want to be certain that the patient can move their fingers and there is no nerve interference.
Again, when a bandage has to be applied, determine the length of the bandage needed, and get the bandage. Sanitize hands thoroughly before applying bandage. When applying a bandage to the right arm, using the spiral motion; begin wrapping from the wrist going up. Secure the end of the bandage and wrap around once and continue wrapping up toward the elbow in a spiral motion. Keep the bandage close to the surface. Wrap around the elbow, allowing for flexibility and continue up the arm just below the shoulder. Apply ...
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...e process, the medical assistant will blot the closure with gaze. This will remove any blood from the area being sutured. Keeping the area clean and sterile is vital. After suturing, the area is cleaned and a sterile bandage applied. The patient is instructed to not get the area wet, return in 3 day for dressing change. I the patient feel any irritation, swelling, or see redness around the area, please call the doctor’s office. We do not want the area to get infected. Bleeding, swelling, fever, pain are all things that should be reported. The patient is instructed to return in 7 days for suture removal. However, any concerns prior to that time should be reported to the doctor’s office.
References
Kinn’s, 2011. The Medical Assistant: An Applied Learning Approach. Sanders-
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The Company publishes "Modern Methods of Antiseptic Wound Treatment," which quickly becomes one of the standard teaching texts for antiseptic surgery. It helps spread the practice of sterile surgery in the U.S. and around the world.
In addition, the tape’s popularity comes from the fact that it can be worn from one to four days before reapplication is needed. This is in comparison to compression bandages that must be reapplied once, or even more than once, a day (Kase et al., 2003).
Condoms come rolled up in individual packets. After the erection is complete the condom should be rolled down to the base of the penis while holding the tip of the condom. If the man is not circumcised, the foreskin should be pulled back to put the condom on. The penis should be withdrawn from the vagina immidiately after the ejaculation and the penis starts to soften. When withdrawing the penis the condom should be held by the bottom to prevent if from staying in the womans vagina. When withdrawn it should be taken off carefully, wi...
how the wound is eventually closed and sealed by the end of the maturation phase.
3 Turn your palm upward until you feel a gentle stretch on the inside of your forearm.
Sutures or staples are most likely nonabsorbable, so that means that they must be removed once the wound is healed. Once the wound is healed the patient returns to the office or the clinic to have the sutures or staples removed.
Bandages have been a part of history since ancient times. In ancient Egypt, honey was used to heal wounds, and in ancient Greece, they used a mixture of vinegar and fig leaves. And in more recent years we used bandages made of gauze, and attached them with adhesive tape. This process was a hassle, so, in 1920, one couple created the solution, an adhesive bandage that can now be found in almost every house, school, or office.
Meyers will be engaging in the simple task of wiping the tables and counters with a cleaning sponge using his (L) hand. Given that therapy session will be at the client’s home, the OTR will mostly utilize natural equipment commonly used by the client to perform the tasks. However, the OTR will bring a “just-in-case” supply bag during for the session. To set up for the activity, the OTR will assist Mr. Meyers with carrying the equipment from the storage area to the table. The OTR will then guide the client to sit at the table with his knees at a 90-degree angle and feet flat on the floor under his knees. He will be using the table as support as he rests both forearms on the table. Upon sitting down, the OTR will assist Mr. Meyers in putting on the constraint glove brought by the OTR, on his (R) hand. All supplies will then be laid out in front of Mr. Meyers on the table. The OTR will then cue Mr. Meyers into reaching for the cleaning solvent with his (L) hand, grasp the bottle using a cylindrical grip then pull the bottle within a comfortable reaching location. He will then use his (L) hand to reach for the medium-sized sponge using finger extension and minor flexion of the interphalangeal (IP) joints to grasp and pull it closer to his body. The OTR will then instruct the client to use his (R) constraint hand to stabilize the spray bottle, then use his (L) hand with his thumb abducted and his fingers adducted and slightly flexed, to squeeze the lever to spray the solution
As a standard precaution against bodily fluids or blood borne pathogens the medical assistant and the doctor would don their personal protective equipment (PPE) such as gloves, face shield, and gown. Next, the medical assistant will prepare the following materials in preparation of the procedure: 1% or 2% lidocaine in a 10cc syringe/25 gauge needle, skin prep solution, #11 scalpel blade with handle, gauze, hemostat, scissors, iodoform, tape, and culture swab. After the materials have been prepped the doctor will clean the abscess with skin prep and drape the wound with sterile fenestrated drape. Anesthetic in the form of lidocaine with a 10cc syringe and 25-gauge needle will be injected around the abscess. The doctor will allow 3-5 minutes for the anesthetic to take affect before making an incision into the abscess. Once the incision is made the doctor will allow pus to ooze and drain out. While the pus is draining out, the culture swab will be inserted in to the abscess where a culture is taken so the origin of the infection is identified incase further treatment is needed. Using the hemostat the doctor will explore the abscess and continue to soak up the pus with the gauze. With a syringe and normal saline the doctor will irrigate
...before a procedure, shaving is avoided and clippers are used to trim the hair. This reduces the risks of breaks in the skin. In addition, one hour before surgery the patient is administered antibiotics before the incision and discontinued within twenty-four hours.
...f the clamps on the tubing to allow the IV solution to run freely. Slowly, decrease the flow of the solution to the appropriate rate as ordered by the physician. Using a small gauze pad, wipe away any excess blood or fluid on the surface of the skin. Then, using the pre-torn pieces of tape, secure the catheter hub and the IV tubing to the patient’s skin. Take extra caution not to kink the tubing. Once everything is secured, recheck the IV solution’s flow and then attend to the rest of your patients needs.
Then, put your mouth on the area and suck the skin. The blood will come to the opposite side of the skin and it will create a red mark. It will stay there
One of the objectives of this course is for students to be able to describe prevention strategies in caring for adult medical-surgical clients. This lesson fulfills this objective by preparing students to be able to identify all the supplies necessary to change a sterile dressing and to be able to correctly assess when a dressing needs changed or reinforced in order to prevent infection. Infection is the greatest risk that compromise wound healing. Sta...
I dropped my arm once, uncapped my syringe early, had difficulty putting my gloves on, and had trouble removing my needle cap. Although I felt that I struggled in these areas, I am confident that I can make necessary changes to improve these parts of my sterile dressing change. Regardless of the difficulty I had while putting on my gloves and uncapping my needle I remained calm and kept a sterile field. In the future I will strive to be less nervous and keep my focus. Keeping my arms up and out needs to be practiced more and I need to be more conscious of it as
Follow your health care provider’s instructions for wound care. These instructions will vary depending on the technique used for closing the wound.