1- wounds workshops

Question 1

When would you use a hydrogel dressing

Answer 1

when you need to add fluid to a wound- generally during granulation and epithelialisation stages of wound healing

Question 2

How do tie-over dressings work

Answer 2

place loop sutures around the wound then attach dressing- helps to prevent pressure sores forming

Question 3

Name a problem associated with foam dressings

Answer 3

if it is left on too long- and wound stays wet for too long can become macerated

Question 4

How can you tell if a wound is through the haemorrhagic phase

Answer 4

if there is no blood dripping from wound then through it

Question 5

What is ‘Faraging’

Answer 5

making holes into an exposed bone (in a wound) down to medullary cavity to encourage tissue to be formed from inside of bone and help the wound granulate

Question 6

what is proud flesh

Answer 6

excessive granulation- is not a healthy granulation bed- needs to be removed to promote wound healing