Wound packing

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Nursing 330

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Wound 

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Packing

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What is Packing?

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keeping a deep wound open

00:32

Heal from wound base Up

00:46

Packing Prevents the outside closing first

00:56

result in an abscess

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And Infection

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Lay Granulation  Tissue  Down Layer by Layer

01:46

Packing is a sterile Procedure

01:54

Indications for packing?

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cavity usually > 1 cm deep

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General Rules

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- Must feel the end point with probe - Check for tunneling and undermining - It is a sterile procedure - One piece of packing to be used  - If more than 1: must tie them together - Must keep record of how many pieces inserted and removed - Do not pack a wound if probe does not reach the base