DAY IN AND DAY OUT,LIVING WITH MY HEARTMATE II...THIS BLOG WOULD NEVER HAVE EXISTED WITHOUT THE THORATEC CORPERATION AND ALL THE STUDIES AND LONG TRIALS THAT HAVE GONE INTO THE MAKING AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE HEARTMATE II.I AM SO THANKFUL FOR MY SECOND CHANCE AT LIFE AND BLESSED IN SO MANY WAYS TO OF RECEIVED SUCH A MIRACLE LATE JUNE(2010)

Monday, January 2, 2012

DAILY WET/DRY DRESSING CHANGE AND SILVER NITRATE TREATMENT....DONE DAILY BY HOME NURSE

IN PART 1 OF THE VIDEO YOU WILL SEE HIM TAKING DOWN DRESSING AND UNPACKING IT...THEN HE WILL PACK IT WITH A GAUZE THAT IS SOAKED IN SILVER NITRATE LIQUID AND LEAVE IT IN WOUND FOR 10 MINUTES



IN PART 2 YOU WILL SEE HIM REMOVE THE SILVER NITRATE SOAKED GAUZE AND CLEAN THE OUTSIDE OF WOUND WITH THE WITH THE TROPICAL/ANTISEPTIC POVIDONE-IODINE SINCE I AM HIGHLY ALLERGIC TO THE CHLORHEXIDINE ANTISEPTIC THEN HE WILL CONTINUE TO FINISH THE CLEANING PROCESS 



IN PART 3 AND 4 YOU WILL SEE HIM PACK THE WOUND WITH A WET GAUZE  AND APPLY THE SPLIT SPONGES AND TOP IT WITH GAUZE AND THE LAST VIDEO YOU WILL SEE HIM APPLY THE 8 BY 10 TEGADERM FILM AND THAT WET DRY DRESSING CHANGE IS DONE EVERYDAY

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