Abstract

BASIC GUIDELINES OF WOUND CARE

*Dr. Rajeev Kumar, Dr Shashi Prabha and Dr. Ajay Kumar Gupta

Abstract

Wound is a discontinuity or break in the surface epithelium. Wound healing is a complex integrated sequence of cellular, physiological, and biochemical events initiated by the stimulus of injury to tissue. Simply wound is divided into acute and chronic wound on the basis of duration. After evaluation of an open wound one should do accordingly like TT immunization, debridement, closure of the wound, treatment of malnutrition etc. wound dressing is an art and it is an essential need for proper wound healing. A good and healthy environment heals wound rapidly.

Keywords: Wound, malnutrition, wound dressing.