"Introduces the reader to cuts and scrapes."--
The colorful, inviting series design features photos, medical illustrations, amusing cartoon art, tables, sidebars, and hands-on activities.
Explains what cuts and scrapes are, how they heal, and how they should be treated.
Describes how the body responds to wounds and heals itself when the skin is broken and discusses how to care for minor abrasions.
Atrophic scarring and contractures are common and result in fusion of digits (i.e., mitten deformity or pseudosyndactyly), which re- quires repeat surgical release of contractures (Fine et al, 2005). Additional complications include ...
But many cuts that occur are easy to treat, even for kids. This book guides young readers through simple first aid for cut and scrapes that don’t require much more than pressure, a cleaning, and a bandage.
Describes in simple scientific detail how the body heals itself when cuts, scratches, and scrapes occur.
This edition features a new chapter on wound pain management and a chapter showing how to use negative pressure therapy on many types of hard-to-heal wounds.
In the absence of trauma, the first manoeuvre to attempt is a head tilt combined with a chin lift by placing one hand on the patient's forehead and tilting the head back, whilst placing the index and middle fingers ofthe other hand ...
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Documenting this critical but often ignored aspect of the treatment process, Microbiology of Wounds discusses the microbiology and biology of human wounds in relation to infection and non-healing. Gain the Necessary Scient