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Wound Care and Dressing Change
Always tested on the CCMA
Change a wound dressing using clean-to-dirty technique.
About this skill
Sterile or clean dressing change with irrigation, debridement observation, and proper documentation of drainage and wound appearance.
14 total steps
4 critical steps
Time limit: 8 min
What graders are watching for
- 1Clean from least contaminated to most contaminated
- 2Sterile technique for surgical wounds; clean for simple chronic wounds
- 3Document drainage amount, color, and odor
Common mistakes (and how to avoid them)
- !Reaching across the wound
- !Using the same gauze on multiple sites
- !Failing to hand-hygiene between glove changes
Practice this skill step-by-step
The static walkthrough above is the marketing overview. The full step-by-step interactive practice (with critical-step highlighting, per-step "why this matters" rationale, and what graders watch for on each individual step) is unlocked with a subscription.
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