[Role of the nurse in the case of complex hand wounds].

The initial assessment and care determine the quality of the secondary surgical treatment of complex hand wounds. The caregiver providing this initial care plays a critical role. The analysis of the management of these traumas in exceptional situations enables the key stages of the initial treatment to be identified: bleeding control, infection prevention and an accurate assessment of the injury. These measures thereby help to optimise the patient's transfer towards a specialised unit.