wound management
Treating bodily harm
Wound management is the care and treatment of injuries to body tissue, encompassing cleaning, dressing, monitoring for infection, and promoting healing.
The term appears in medical and nursing contexts: The course covers basic wound management for chronic ulcers.
It ranges from simple first aid to complex protocols for surgical incisions or severe trauma.
- trauma careTreatment for serious injuries
- debridementRemoving damaged tissue surgically
- abrasionShallow surface wound
- bandagesStrips covering wounds
- healing processBody's self-repair over time
skin graft · angiogenesis · triage · revascularization · infection control · first aid · laceration · infection risk · gauze · avulsion · suturing · pain control · burn · irrigation · antiseptics · sterile technique · emergency medicine · stitches
wound managementinjury prevention
Stopping damage before occurrence
preventive care · prophylaxis · preventive medicine · disease prevention · health promotion