Wound Closure for the Emergency Practitioner
Welcome to Closing the Gap: an educational site dedicated to improving expertise of both novice and experienced health care practitioners dealing with acute wound care.
This blog features how-to videos on suturing techniques commonly used for acute traumatic lacerations treated in an emergency room, urgent care, or family practice office environment.
Learn about techniques in emergency wound care, ranging from basic to advanced suturing techniques to alternative wound closure techniques.
Under this subheading, you’ll find archives of blog posts on novel techniques, controversial topics in wound care, and evidence-based practice recommendations (made palatable).
The intended audiences of this site are physicians & other acute medical care providers (Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners) who provide acute wound care. Others with aspirations in the field (students and premeds) and those who work in related fields (eg EMTs, paramedics) are also welcome audiences. The site is a non-restricted, Free Open Access Medical…