Suturing Essentials Course

The essential suturing course for new grads and pre-grads!

***MUST BE ENROLLED IN A GRADUATE PROGRAM, OR HAVE GRADUATED WITHIN THE PAST YEAR, AND PROVIDE VERIFICATION***

Learn to suture through:

• Didactic Instruction
• Guided Video Instruction
• Zoom Webinar Q&A and Real-time Feedback

Course includes a 30-minute one-on-one Zoom session with the instructor for Questions and Answers and real-time feedback on your technique.

Course covers the following content:

• 2.0 continuing education hours
• 5 closure techniques

1. Steri-strips
2. Skin adhesive
3. Skin stapling
4. Simple interrupted
5. Simple continuous

• Local infiltration anesthesia delivery
• Proper knot tying
• Left-handed suturing
• The A.C.E. F.A.S.T. Closure Method®
• When and when NOT to close
• Current tetanus guidelines
• Suture line and needle selection
• Proper wound examination
• Proper wound cleansing
• Foreign body removal considerations
• Antibiotic appropriateness
• When to seek surgical consultation