How do you handle situations where patients have maggots or other parasites in their wounds, and what is the best way to remove them?
October 16th, 2024
Squeeze bottle of saline water, clean good with peroxide, notify doc and charge nurse. If there is a charge nurse, notify them as well.
Pack would with wound packing and wrap a protection bandage around it.
October 16th, 2024
Consult wound care nurse
August 2nd, 2024
Hydrogen peroxide and suction