Medical & HealthLearn Suturing Techniques

Learn Suturing Techniques

If you live far from medical services or spend a lot of time hiking, camping or other activities that take you far away from medical sources and for anyone that wants to prepare for emergency situations that may leave you without medical resources for extended periods of time, learning how to suture wounds could be a life saving kill to know.

 

If this video from Duke Plastic Surgery  Dr.Zen will show you a variety of suturing stitches. The doctor will show you how to use the needle holder and how to make your stitch and then how to knot and tie the stitches to close the wound. I found this interesting because when ever I had thought about having to give someone stitches or seen it being done in a movie, it always looked like they just sewed it up like cloth.

With sewing cloth you sew till you run out of thread or until you finish the hole, seam or hem you need to finish, then knot and tie your thread. When sewing skin, each suture is stitched, tied and knotted and the thread is cut before making the next suture. In the video you are seeing the best way to make stitches and knots to leave the least amount of scarring. This could come in useful one day.

Grafco Mayo Hegar Needle Holder 6″

1/2 Circle Taper Point Suture Needle 4

Suture Removal Kit- Sterile

Paige Raymond
Paige Raymond
Raised in rural Montana and educated in Mechanical Engineering and Sustainable Development, Paige Raymond combines a practical mindset with a passion for self-reliance and sustainability. With expertise ranging from mechanical solutions and food preservation to emergency preparedness and renewable energy, Paige is a proud author with more than 5000 published articles.

Subscribe Today

GET EXCLUSIVE FULL ACCESS TO PREMIUM CONTENT

Get unlimited access to our EXCLUSIVE Content and our archive of subscriber stories.

Exclusive content

Latest articles

Popular Articles

More articles