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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