Wet and Dry Wound Care.docx - Wound Wet Dressing Supplies:...

Wound Wet Dressing
Supplies:
- Tape - Saline
- Bio Bag - Q Tips
- Measuring tool - Tweezers
- Gauze - Biohazard bag
1. Intro + Check Allergies
2. Assess for Pain. (Give medication
3. Chuck pad under patient
4. Emesis basin at end of wound
5. Tape Q Tips to edge of side table.
6. Apply gloves
7. Pull dressing off, towards patient (Check for COCA)
8. Use tweezers to remove gauze inside wound (count how many removed and assess for REEDA)
9. MEASURE IN CM – Length, Width, & Depth.
10. Check for tunneling
11. Prepare to irrigate- Normal saline check exp, palm label, lip it to trash can THEN pour into
container
12. Irrigate wound with normal saline in ZIGZAG until clear
13. Pat dry with Gauze around wound
14. Open sterile box
15. GO STERILE Don gloves
16. Place drape on side table (outer side first)
17. Remove items from sterile box
18. Once box is empty, leave one gauze in box and pour normal saline into box with gauze.
19. Palm Normal saline and pour into box.
20. Take tweezers to hold gauze and cotton swab to help place gauze into wound
21. Apply sterile dressing, blue line up
22. Tape down (horizontally)
23. Initials, time, and date on tape.
24.