There are several options for debridement — the removal of dead or damaged skin — when healing wounds, according to a Medline Industries blog post. When treating wounds, providers must first complete ...

With the commonly accepted use of petrolatum or boric-ointment strips or saline packs as local dressings, it is often considered satisfactory to have the severely burned site ready for grafting in ...

The correct procedure for a wet-to-dry dressing is to apply moistened saline gauze to the wound bed, allow gauze to dry, and firmly pull dried gauze out of the wound bed at a right angle ...

Any time the dressing becomes wet or soiled, you will need to change it. Remove the dressing and clean around the tube with sterile saline using a cotton ball or Q tip. If there is any crusty drainage ...

You have had a drain placed in your biliary system, which you will need to care for until it is removed. This will include daily flushing the tube as well as cleaning the tube site and changing the ...