When a post operative patient develops evisceration what a nurse should do?
When a post operative patient develops evisceration what a nurse should do? Correct Answer Cover the protruding organs
Concept:
Evisceration is a surgical emergency and needs to be treated immediately (Hinkle & Cheever, 2018).
- Dehiscence and evisceration can be a life-threatening emergency; do not leave the client immediately call for help and, using a clean, sterile towel or sterile saline dampened dressing, cover the wound.
Main causes of wound evisceration:
- suture tearing through the fascia
- knot failure, suture failure
- extrusion of abdominal contents between sutures placed too far apart
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