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No. 10
Old Jan 18, 2009, 01:53 PM

Default Re: Super CPNE vets--about the wound
Originally Posted by ougreene View Post
One more thing - You can practice and practice wound packing but each time you will never be able to repeat the same exact way you just did it - you kinda just "go with it...", other wise you will drive your self crasy.


Good luck!


gail
It's not so much the packing but figuring out where to keep my hands so they don't accidently bonk the skin or wound. I'm not the most graceful creature in the land, so this is pretty important for me. I JUST got my own sterile gloves in the mail that fit right (I get to bring my own to the sim lab with my latex "disabilty"), so that is the biggest help ever rather than those huge gloves I got in my skills kit.

I will chillax, as my girls would say, and remember all my steps instead of cow out about the orientation of the wound if I can move it. I have a box of 50 gloves with only a few that I've practiced with, so I should have enough should I contaminate the wound a bunch of times.

Thanks everyone!
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No. 11
Old Jan 18, 2009, 05:19 PM

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In Madison our fake wound was attached to a dummy arm. I was able to move it around. The CE I had didn't care if my dressing was fluffed as long as I didn't contaminate the sides or have any dressing hanging over.

You'll hear some say that all CPNE sites are the same. I totally disagree. That is like saying all people are the same. Every site has different. Each CE is different.

You're going to do great!!
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No. 12
from Queenbee01
Old Nov 01, 2009, 03:29 PM

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Where can you buy these wounds?
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No. 13
from juleslpn08
Old Nov 01, 2009, 05:41 PM

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The Excelsior website has a whole kit available, I think it's $122. Comes with the whole lab station set up...syringes, bags, piggybacks, a stethescope and the wound/dressings. It's all like what you'll be subjected to at the CPNE. You can also check out ebay, probably cheaper that way...if you go to the EC website, it's under the CPNE resources tab. Good luck!
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No. 14
Old Nov 01, 2009, 09:16 PM

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Hey, this is my old thread!

I had the wound from EC's skills bag, but I found that the one at the actual CPNE was much, much easier to pack than mine, yet it was similar. I had a cow for nothing, so this is just FYI for you future testers. (I had much more trouble farting around with the IVP lab, but I passed that lab the second day.)
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