CLINICAL GUIDES
Suturing & wound management guides
Practical suturing and wound management guides for Australian GPs, rural generalists and junior doctors, written with consultant plastic surgeons.
Choosing a suturing course in Australia: a guide for GPs and junior doctors
What to look for in a hands-on suturing and wound management course in Australia — supervision ratio, practice time, faculty and CPD — for GPs, rural generalists and junior doctors.
READ GUIDETypes of suturing techniques and when to use each
A practical overview of the main suturing techniques — simple interrupted, mattress, subcuticular and continuous — and when clinicians choose each for skin closure.
READ GUIDESuture size and removal times by body site
A quick reference for choosing suture size and typical removal timing by body area — face, scalp, trunk, limbs and hands — for GPs and emergency clinicians.
READ GUIDELaceration assessment in general practice: close, leave or refer?
How GPs and rural clinicians can assess a laceration — history, examination, contamination and red flags — and decide whether to close, leave open or refer.
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