Posted: November 20th, 2017
. After abdominal surgery, your patient has a severe coughing episode that causes wound evisceration. In addition to calling the doctor, which intervention is most appropriate?
1. Irrigate the wound & organs with Betadine.
2. Cover the wound with a saline soaked sterile dressing.
3. Apply a dry sterile dressing & binder.
4. Push the organs back & cover with moist sterile dressings.
Place an order in 3 easy steps. Takes less than 5 mins.