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.

To receive a course completion certificate, students must successfully fulfill the the following requirements within 1 year of registration in the Moodle classroom:

• Pass all graded knowledge checks
• Achieve a score of 70% or higher on the exam
• Demonstrate competency in all required lab skills

Prerequisite: Foundations of Wildlife Rehabilitation strongly encouraged

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

Additional information

Course Content

Lecture Topics

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

Lab Topics

• 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.

Required Materials

• Internet access
• Ability to record and upload videos (upload tool provided)
• 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.

Shipping

Canada: In addition to the rate charged by USPS, Canadian customs may charge extra fees on packages.  Per the Canadian postal service, there is nothing we can do to predict or eliminate these charges.

Outside Continental US:  If ordering books and/or lab kits that need to be shipped outside of the US, international shipping can take 10 days or longer.  Should you wish to get your materials sooner, it may be possible but some restrictions apply.  Even if you choose and pay for express shipping the United States Postal Service (USPS) does not guarantee faster shipping times.  If you choose express shipping, USPS will only refund your money if you reside in a country that is on their guarantee list, which can be found here.