Wounds and Injuries

O cuidado aos indivíduos com lesões na pele é um desafio multiprofissional, porém com maiorresponsabilidade para a equipe de enfermagem, por ter a responsabilidade da execução dos curativos. Esteestudo objetivou relatar a experiência de implantação da Comissão de Prevenção e Tratamento de Lesões naPele (CPTLP) em um hospital público do estado de Sergipe. Trata-se de um estudo descritivo, do tipo relato deexperiência, realizado a partir da vivência profissional na CPTLP de um hospital público de Sergipe. Com ointuito de sistematizar a assistência aos portadores de feridas e aqueles com risco de desenvolvê-las, a equipeda CPTLP foi criada e organizada com a finalidade de prevenir e tratar lesões na pele dos pacientes internados.A CPTLP tem o enfermeiro como profissional de referência para esses cuidados tendo em vista o protagonismodesse profissional nesse cenário. Assim, a equipe da CPTLP tem conseguido minimizar o surgimento de lesõescomplexas, além de tratar de forma efetiva as existentes através do atendimento individualizado e educaçãodas equipes assistenciais.Palavras-chave: Ferimentos e lesões; Cuidados de Enfermagem; Segurança do Paciente. AbstractCare for individuals with skin lesions is a multiprofessional challenge, but with greater responsibility for thenursing team, for having responsibility for the dressings execution. This study aimed to report the experienceof the Commission for the Prevention and Treatment of Skin Injuries (CPTLP) implementation in a publichospital in the state of Sergipe. This is a descriptive study, of the experience report type, carried out from theprofessional experience in the CPTLP of a public hospital in Sergipe. To systematize assistance to woundpatients and those at risk of developing them, the CPTLP team was created and organized to prevent and treatinjuries to the patients' skin. The CPTLP has the nurse as a reference professional for such care in view of thisprofessional role in this scenario. Thus, the CPTLP team has managed to minimize the complex lesionsoccurrence, in addition to effectively treating existing ones through the individualized care and the care teams’education.Keywords: Wounds and Injuries; Nursing Care; Patient Safety.

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Traditional Herbal Medicines Used to Treat Wounds and Injuries in Nepal

Tropical Doctor ◽

10.1177/00494755970270s114 ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 27 (1_suppl) ◽

pp. 43-47 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Nirmal K Bhattarai

Keyword(s):

Personal Experience ◽

Wounds And Injuries ◽

Health Workers ◽

Critical Evaluation ◽

Herbal Medicines ◽

Traditional Healers ◽

Herbal Remedies ◽

Hygienic Behaviour ◽

Ancestral Knowledge ◽

Health Related

In rural Nepalese societies, due to the lack of modern health services and facilities, folk herbal preparations are still the dominant method of therapy for common ailments. These remedies are fairly well accepted, easily available, bear a minimal cost and are generally the only available resource. Information on the curative properties of 42 plant species from 40 genera and 23 families that are used to treat wounds and injuries, has been documented. These herbal remedies are based on ancestral knowledge and personal experience. Their successful use indicates that they are alive and functioning in the rural localities. Although the techniques of preparation of drugs or dosage forms employed by traditional healers have generally been observed to be poor and in most cases do not comply with the requirements of modern pharmaceutical practices, there are trends towards the development and modernization of practice including the standardization of specific dosage, storage of drugs, use of specific types of containers and their labelling. A critical evaluation of the phytochemistry and pharmacology of the alleged curative plants and the traditional pharmaceutical practices employed has been strongly recommended. In rural Nepalese societies, the number and distribution of traditional herbal practitioners and faith healers greatly exceed all other health workers. Their influence should be applied to the task of motivating the rural populace to adopt authentic herbal remedies and other health-related hygienic behaviour.

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