Open AccessA ‘game of dressings’: Strategies for wound management in primary health care
Author(s) -
Maria Gattorno Giaquinto-Cilliers,
Arun Nair,
Klaus B. von Pressentin,
François Coetzee,
Hamid Saeed
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
south african family practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2078-6204
pISSN - 2078-6190
DOI - 10.4102/safp.v64i1.5462
Subject(s) - medicine , wound care , primary care , wound treatment , health care , primary health care , intensive care medicine , nursing , surgery , family medicine , environmental health , economics , economic growth , population
Wound care management and the dressing of wounds represent some of the most basic services offered in primary health care facilities across Southern Africa. Clinicians should have a basic understanding of the processes of wound healing and wound bed preparation to match the ideal cost-effective dressing to the particular type of wound to be managed. In the ‘kingdom of wounds’, the authors use a popular analogy and propose the best five strategies for the clinician in choosing the right management option in the ‘game of dressings’.