Wound Management

Description

Developed specifically for wildlife care professionals, Wound Management provides a systematic review of the physiology and treatment of the most common types of soft-tissue wounds seen in injured mammalian and avian species.

Course lecture topics include:

• Wound assessment
• Wound types
• Antibiotic therapy
• Cleaning and topical agents
• Bandaging techniques
• Physiology and stages of wound healing

Lab topics include:

• Wound preparation
• Nonadhesive and wet to dry wound management
• Fracture bandaging with Robert Jones, figure 8, modified figure 8 ‘Miller wing sling’, and wing to body wrap

Fractures and wound management in herptiles are not covered in this course.

To receive a course completion certificate, students must successfully pass the online Wound Management exam with s score 70% or higher within 1 year of registration in the Moodle classroom.

Pre-Requisites: Basic Wildlife Rehabilitation strongly encouraged

Required Materials:

• Internet access
• Ability to record and upload videos (upload tool provided)
• Textbook – Wildlife Rehabilitation: A Comprehensive Approach
• Basic bandaging supplies OR purchase of IWRC kit
• Legal access to an avian and mammal cadaver for lab OR purchase of IWRC kit

Optional Materials*:

• Nitrile gloves in your size
• Bandage scissors
• Tweezers
• Sterile water-based gel
• Chlorhexidine or povidone iodine (surgical disinfectant)
• Sterile fluids

*While you can complete your lab without these tools we recommend having them on hand to simulate the actual procedures as closely as possible

This class is RACE approved for 7 CE. Please send us your license number and state of issue once you have registered. Your information will be uploaded via CE Broker to your RACEtrack account. If you need a MyAAVSB account account to access RACEtrack, click here.

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