MRCS PART A · APPLIED PATHOLOGY

Wound healing & surgical infection

Read the trajectory. Identify the depth. Act and reassess.

Examination practice · 6 fictional adult patients · session-only progress · no patient information

Choose a patient

Patient 1 / 60 completed

The red wound on day two

A 42-year-old asks whether a mildly pink groin incision two days after an uncomplicated hernia repair needs antibiotics. Choose the information that separates expected healing from a complication.

1. Choose the information you need

Only one answer opens at a time. Questions do not alter the patient's facts. In a real emergency, assessment and escalation run together.

2. Which next action best fits the available evidence?A. Start broad-spectrum antibiotics because mesh was implantedB. Remove the skin closure to inspect the meshC. Continue appropriate wound care, explain expected healing and give explicit safety-net adviceD. Obtain a routine swab from the dry intact incisionE. Reassure that infection cannot occur if the patient is afebrile

Sources and scope

Guidance checked. Independent MRCS practice, not official exam material or a bedside protocol. Verify current guidance and local emergency procedures. Doses and techniques not specified here need competent clinical prescribing and assessment.