A patient with intellectual disability presents to the wound…
A patient with intellectual disability presents to the wound clinic for a pressure wound that is 100% covered in eschar and no signs of infection. The wound measures 0.9×0.8×0.3cms. The patient moves around during care and often vocalizes discomfort with light touching of the skin. The most appropriate method of debridement for this patient would be:
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You have been asked to evaluate an elderly man in the nursing home who has a leg ulcer that has not healed in several months. During your evaluation, you observe that the wound is free of necrosis, has no odor, and minimal serous drainage. Your assessment is that the wound is secondary to venous insufficiency, and is stuck in chronic proliferation. Which of the following interventions is the best choice to use, in addition to the usual compression you would prescribe, in his treatment plan?
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