Learning Objectives

Objective 1; Prepare records that show the progress of the patients after first and subsequent visitation, medication and other forms of medical care accessories, and must also be able to record data from patients into the database.

Assessment item: 1. Beginning of period wound measurements (in cm.): ______________________ Date: ________ Length Width Depth .Tunneling or undermining? ____Yes ____No Infected? ____Yes ____No

Drainage of the wound? ____Yes ____No. state the amount and type of drainage: ______

Describe state of the wound at the beginning of this reporting period: ________

2. One days later: ___Date: ____Length Width Depth. Tunneling or undermining? ____Yes ____No Infected? ____Yes ____No Drainage of the wound? ____Yes ____No Amount and type of drainage: ______.Describe changes in the appearance of the wound: _____    

3. One weeks later: ____Date: _____ Length Width Depth. Tunneling or undermining? ____Yes ____No Infected? ____Yes ____No Drainage? ____Yes ____No Amount and type of drainage: _

Describe changes in the appearance of the wound: _____________________

4. Weeks later: __Date: ____Length Width Depth. Tunneling or undermining? ____Yes ____No Infected? ____Yes ____No. Drainage? ____Yes ____No Amount and type of drainage: ___

Describe changes in the appearance of the wound: ___________

5. Date Discharged from Hospital with Updated Measurements: ___________________________

Objective 2: To demonstrate, the ability to give first aid to wounded patients.

Assessment items: The procedures of handling the wound victim is as follows:-

    i.            Identify your potential client

    ii.            Get is medical history as the patient is prepared for first aid

    iii.            Analysis the extent of the injury

    iv.            Diagnose the patient

Objective 3: To identify patients in emergency situations; an emergency situation is a state in which an individual cannot provide himself with the necessary medical care.

Assessment items: What are the basic procedures when handling the emergency victims?

Circle the write answers to the questions below:-

1. What does incision mean?
   1. Cutting into.
   2. Cutting away.
   3. Cutting across
   4. Cutting out
   5. Which among the below constitute the procedures of excision step?
      1. The surgical act of removing with tongs
      2. The surgical act of removing with scissors and scalpel
      3. Cutting of the skin layer.
      4. Removing the outer part of the wound.

Objective 4: To describe the extent of the injury the patient has; this should be done through diagnosis. 

Assessment items: Write a short report on the patients injury using the below procedures:

When assessing a patient with a wound, four questions need to be considered:

  The location and the aetiology of the wound is the first stage, the way wound should be graded using an objective grading tool is the second stage, the consideration of primary treatment objective to use is the third, and the  regimen required to achieve the identified treatment objectives is the last stage? After the consideration of the above stages the sudent should be able to carry out a practical test in the hospital.

Under the classification of the wound what is?

1. Mechanical wound and how is it handled
2. Chronic wound and give the examples

Objective 5: The trainees should be able to analyze post treatment measures that are applicable to different patients using SWOT analysis. To demonstrate the skills provided in the use of computer packages by drawing charts and tables contain medical records.

Assessment items: Considerations of which charts to be used is very essential.

Circle the correct answer from the ones below:-

        I. Which is the best charts to be used when analyzing the patients records and presenting them?

1. Bar graphs
2. Pie charts
3. Histograms
4. Polygons
5. Graphs

     II.  Calculate the mean of the patients using the formula below

Assumed mean=∑fx⁄∑f; given that the frequency is 24 and the ∑fx is 10020, determine the assumed mean of the wound patients.