U.S. News estimated the war's cost before it started, and missed badly. By Seth Cline, Staff Writer | March 20, 2013, at 4:45 p.m. The Underestimated Costs, and Price Tag, of the Iraq War. Smoke covers the presidential palace compound in Baghdad on March 21, 2003, during a massive U.S.-led air raid on the Iraqi capital.
Normal saline c. Hydrogen peroxide b. Povidone-iodine d. Dakin solution ANS: A Normal saline is the most innocuous solution that can be used to cleanse or irrigate a wound that is primarily healing by epithelialization and is the only correct answer for this question. PTS: 1 REF: Page 220 34.
Irrigate any wound that is packed with puss or other exudate. Use a clean syringe with sterile water to flush any residue from the wound, then soak up the water with sterile gauze. Just 2 oz. or less of water will suffice for most wounds. Treat the wound with an antiseptic/anesthetic cream or spray. Bacitracin or Neosporin are good choices. Just a drop or two of cream or a few pumps of the spray will be sufficient--the goal is to cover, not smother, the wound.