title: Management of traumatic wounds in the Emergency Department: position paper from the Academy of Emergency Medicine and Care (AcEMC) and the World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES).
abstract: Traumatic wounds are one of the most common problems leading people to the Emergency Department (ED), accounting for approximately 5,4 % of all the visits, and up to 24 % of all the medical lawsuits. In order to provide a standardized method for wound management in the ED, we have organized a workshop, involving several Italian and European experts. Later, all the discussed statements have been submitted for external validation to a multidisciplinary expert team, based on the so called Delphi method. Eight main statements have been established, each of them comprising different issues, covering the fields of wound classification, infectious risk stratification, tetanus and rabies prophylaxis, wound cleansing, pain management, and suture. Here we present the results of this work, shared by the Academy of Emergency Medicine and Care (AcEMC), and the World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES).
authors.affiliation: Emergency Department, Hospital of San Donà di Piave VE, Parma, Italy.
authors.forename: Carolina
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-0552-4789
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Prevaldi
authors.affiliation: Emergency Department, Academic Hospital of Udine, Parma, Italy.
authors.forename: Ciro
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Paolillo
authors.affiliation: Institute of Toxicology, IRCCS Fondazione Maugeri Pavia, Parma, Italy.
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Locatelli
authors.affiliation: Emergency Deparment, Academic Hospital of Verona, Parma, Italy.
authors.forename: Giorgio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ricci
authors.affiliation: Emergency Surgery, Academic Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy.
authors.forename: Fausto
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Catena
authors.affiliation: Emergency surgery, Hospital of Bergamo, Parma, Italy.
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ansaloni
authors.affiliation: Emergency Department, Academic Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy.
authors.forename: Gianfranco
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cervellin
keywords: Foreign body; Infection; Rabies; Suture; Tetanus; Traumatic wounds