Basic Wound Care
including clip and suture removal

This 3-hour Basic Wound Care course will be delivered by an experienced Clinical Nurse Educator, who has extensive first-hand experience in wound care management.

Suitable For:
This content is aimed at new to practice staff in a Primary Care setting.

Session Aim:
According to a report by the Royal College of Nursing, around 2.2 million wounds are treated in the community by primary care staff each year in England and Wales. These wounds include acute and chronic wounds, as well as surgical wounds. Therefore, it's important for primary care staff to have a strong understanding of wound care principles and techniques, including safe removal of wound closure material.

The aim of this Basic Wound Care course is to provide primary care staff with an in-depth understanding of the skin, wounds, wound healing physiology, and fundamental wound care principles. By the end of this course, learners will be equipped with the knowledge and skills required to safely remove wound closure material, such as sutures, staples, and clips, within a primary care setting.

Learning Outcomes:

• To examine the anatomy and physiology of normal healthy skin.
• To classify the stages of the wound healing process.
• To understand the many factors which hinder wound healing.
• To demonstrate the significance of assessment tools.
• To conduct a simple wound assessment using T.I.M.E.
• To determine how to choose the most appropriate wound dressing technique and dressing to apply.
• To recognise the technique used for safe removal of wound closure materials.
• To have had simulation experience of removing staples and sutures.