Wounds and Lacerations, 4th Edition

Wounds and Lacerations: Emergency Care and Closure provides clear, concise guidance on the latest techniques and strategies for treating lacerations, wounds, and burns. This essential resource will equip you to optimize every aspect of patient care based on current literature and guidelines.

Key Enhancements:

• Up-to-Date Approaches: Implement the latest techniques for ultrasound use in foreign-body detection, absorbable sutures, complicated infection management, chronic wound care, pediatric suturing, and updated prophylaxis recommendations.
• Step-by-Step Visual Guidance: Master wound care techniques with over 300 detailed line drawings and photographs showing wound assessment, irrigation, closure, dressing, foreign body removal, anesthesia administration, and follow-up.

Key Features:

• Emergency Physician Focus: Quickly find relevant information for injuries handled by emergency physicians.
• Online Access: Search the complete contents online at expertconsult.com.
• Efficient Review: Expedite review and reference with bulleted "Key Practice Points" at the beginning of each chapter.
• Prophylaxis Updates: Quickly reference the latest recommendations for tetanus and rabies prophylaxis.