Wound Dressing Report

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Today was my first time doing clinical hours at the Grand Anse medical station, since the health centre was rather busy I got to experience a lot of things such as admitting patients to the doctor, vitals, changing of a suprapubic catheter and wound dressing. I was placed in the dressing section for most of the time since it had a lot of patients that needed dressing and I must say I think I have seen it all, in terms of the different types of wound, therefore, I am no longer nervous or scared to do wound care again. The most interesting thing I saw and I was always curious about, is how to stitch a wound. My patient was a forty-six-year-old man who got a stab wound on his upper right leg, since the wound was deep and the edges were

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