Introduction
Wounds closing after surgery or a sudden accident does not mean complete injury recovery. As there is a possibility of complications.
This requires special health care for wounds for a certain period after they are closed by the surgical or emergency team.
The importance of the Wound Care at Home Dubai service is highlighted by being a set of basic healthcare procedures that must be performed to care for wounds and subsequent scars.
Here is an article by NABD Medical Center that reviews all the important points that must be known about this service.
What is Wound Care at Home Dubai service?
A set of services provided by a specialized medical team consisting mainly of home health care professional nurses.
The nursing team makes several visits to the patient’s home at pre-determined times to assess the condition of the wound and provide the necessary care.
The goal of having this type of service in Dubai is to raise the level of health care and medical services to the highest possible level. By providing health care to patients at their homes without the need to visit hospitals or health centers near them.
The patient’snt’s comfort of being at home helps quick recovery and protects the wound from septic infection in the hospital.
What does Wound Care at Home Dubai include?
Wound care is a preventive treatment process that also includes patient education and training to help improve wound healing conditions.
Wound Care at Home Dubai provided by NABD Medical Center includes 7 sub-services as follows:
- Post-Surgery Wound Care
- Wound Cleaning and Dressing
- Infection Prevention and Management
- Pain Management for Wound Healing
- Regular Wound Assessments
- Patient Education on Wound Care
- Customized Care Plans for Wound Management
Post-Surgery Wound Care at Home Dubai
Wounds resulting from surgical incisions require special care after suturing the incision site and applying bandages.
The bandages should be changed every 48 hours at most with the wound being re-evaluated, and some wide wounds need to have sutures removed after the wounds heal.
In addition, it is necessary to monitor the wound and its surroundings constantly to avoid swelling, infection or the formation of edema.
Wound Cleaning and Dressing
Accident wounds and direct injuries are considered more dangerous than surgical wounds because they occur in conditions that are not ideal in terms of sterilization and prevention of bacteria.
Therefore, Wound Care at Home Dubai provides the highest level of sterilization and cleaning of wounds in preparation for dressing them so that they heal in healthy conditions.
Infection Prevention and Management
Since the wound is an outlet for bacteria to enter the body, it is the most vulnerable place to bacterial infections in particular.
Therefore, monitoring the wound after initial management is very important, in order to avoid infection, manage it if it occurs, and follow up on the treatment process closely.
Pain Management for Wound Healing
Body tissues respond to violent injuries such as wounds and bruises with a set of functional changes. that result in severe pain that may prompt the patient to try to relieve it incorrectly.
While Wound Care at Home Dubai’s professional services work to determine the mechanism of the resulting pain sensation. based on wound type and location. then carry out the appropriate management.
Regular Wound Assessments
Some wounds require long recovery periods that may reach up to a month or more. while the utmost care must be provided for these wounds throughout the specified period.
This process includes continuous sterilization and cleaning, in addition to changing bandages and antibiotic protection when needed.
Some wounds also require the use of ointments that stimulate repair, which depends on the effectiveness and activity of cells in renewing themselves and repairing the wound.
Patient Education on Wound Care
he injured person and his family participate with the nursing team responsible for providing the Wound Care at Home Dubai service in implementing a set of instructions and directions given by the nurses to him.
The medical team sometimes gives instructions for sterilization, changing the bandage, and caring for the wound to the patient’s companions at home.
This enables them to provide wound care procedures themselves without the need for the nursing team.
This enables them to provide wound care procedures themselves without the need for the nursing team.
Customized Care Plans for Wound Management
While nurses are present at the injured person’s home, they study the wound condition and conducts all necessary tests. In order to accurately assess the condition and then develop a special plan for wound care.
The plan and procedures followed may differ from one injury to another according to the assessment of specialists, which is difficult to obtain in crowded hospitals or health centers.
3 Complications That Require Wound Care at Home Dubai
Complications are defined as the process of deterioration of the wound condition or the appearance of negative effects and results resulting from the lack of the appropriate level of healthcare for wound care.
Here is a list of the most common complications:
bacterial infection
Infections occur in 30% of wounds as a result of the infected area being exposed to bacterial contamination in its surroundings.
Since the first line of protection is compromised due to the wound, many complications occur depending on the type of bacteria that invaded the wound.
The antibiotics chosen by the doctor in addition to close monitoring of the wound condition are the first line in managing infections in wounds.
Prolonged wound healing
The final wound healing time is longer than the normal rate in 10-15% of wounds for many reasons.
The most common causes of slow wound healing are diabetes, malnutrition, and autoimmune diseases.
Management depends mainly on knowing the cause of the elongation, and then managing the condition such as stabilizing blood sugar values and supporting nutrition.
It is also possible to use high oxygenation techniques to help wounds heal more effectively.
Scarring around the wound
Scars appear as a result of the formation of large amounts of tissue collagen irregularly in the wound healing area.
This requires a comprehensive wound endoscopy or the use of collagen-dissolving creams and moisturizers to get rid of these scars.
Conclusion
NABD Medical Center has provided you with a guide to the most important information you need to know about the Wound Care at Home Dubai service. Provided by the center’s professional medical staff throughout Dubai.
FAQs About Wound Care at Home Dubai
Here are 2 of the most frequently asked questions online about managing wounds at home.
How do you clean deep wounds at home?
Here is the sequence of stages and steps for cleaning deep wounds provided by the Wound Care at Home Dubai services team:
- Sterilize work tools, team members’ hands and clothes.
- Stop bleeding from the wound
- Wash and sterilize the wound well
- Sterilize around the wound
- Dry the wound with clean, sterile gauze
- Give antibiotics when necessary
- Closing the wound and covering it with a bandage
- Monitoring and changing the bandage periodically
What's the worst thing to put on an open wound?
The following list includes the group of substances that the wound must be protected from at all times:
- Strong acids or bases.
- Hot water
- Butter, cooking oils and industrial oils.
- Cotton or thin fabrics.
- Contaminated and poorly sterilized water.