Let’s say the wound you are working on is not healing. Why is the normal healing process not occurring?

You should approach healing not only by what you see, but also by what you can’t see happening at the cellular and molecular level.

To understand the factors that delay wound healing, you must first understand what normal healing is.

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You are called in to care for a patient with a full thickness wound. Now what?

Your goal should be to heal the wound as soon as possible and to keep it healed. There are three types of wound closure techniques to consider, and they include:

• Primary Intention
• Secondary Intention
• Tertiary Intention

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