Handling the Hand Abscess

Learn how to provide hand therapy to a patient with a hand abscess, including how to carry out wound care and how to prevent and manage hand stiffness.

In this webinar, we are joined by Adri Cronje, who teaches principles for evaluating wounds and managing acute hand infections using the resources that you have available in your setting. She shows how wound care is essential to getting a good functional outcome for your patients.

Our second presenter, Niki Singh, provides an overview of how to treat a stiff hand at various stages of wound healing, showing you how to improve hand function and how to deal with common complications you might face along the way.


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00:00 Introduction
01:29 PRESENTATION 1: Initial management of the Hand Abscess
02:32 Wound care for the hand abscess
09:47 Case study – Mr BM
20:00 Case study – Ms AM
24:27 Take home messages
25:35 PRESENTATION 2: How to manage a patient with stiffness after a hand abscess
26:18 Rehabilitation according to phase of healing
34:34 Therapy modalities for treating stiffness
38:03 How to promote function and prevent stiffness
42:43 Managing oedema, making splints, and what exercises to give your patients
50:25 QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION


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We are the Open Hand Therapy Initiative. Join us to improve your hand therapy skills!

Learn how to treat hand injuries while facing the challenges of a low resource setting such as limited resources, late referrals, and a lack of support. Discover treatment guidelines for a wide range of hand conditions, hand therapy exercises and other helpful resources.

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