2.1 Maggots, Discharge

Question 1

How long does a maggot dressing stay on?

Answer 1

3-5 days

Question 2

maggot dressing

Answer 2

• foam around the edges of a wound

- forms a maggot terrarium

Question 3

maggots only eat

Answer 3

dead tissue

Question 4

What needs to be described when documenting discharge?

Answer 4

• volume

- type

Question 5

What are the descriptors for volume?

Answer 5

• none
• scant/trace
• minimal/small
• moderate
• copious

Question 6

discharge volume: none

Answer 6

dry

Question 7

discharge volume: scant/trace

Answer 7

moist

Question 8

discharge volume: minimal/small

Answer 8

• moisture evenly distributed

- 25% of bandage saturated

Question 9

discharge volume: moderate

Answer 9

• tissues saturated

- dressing 25-75% saturated

Question 10

discharge volume: copious

Answer 10

• tissues bathed in fluid

- weeps

Question 11

For moderate and copious, how does medication need to be addressed?

Answer 11

put ointment or meds on dressing, then place on wound bed

Question 12

discharge types

Answer 12

• serous
• fibrinous
• serosanguinous
• sanguinous
• seropurulent
• purulent
• haemopurulent
• haemorrhagic

Question 13

discharge types: serous

Answer 13

• clear color
• thin
• watery
• stuff that comes out of a sunburn

normal

Question 14

discharge types: fibrinous

Answer 14

• cloudy (contains fibrin)
• thin
• dries yellow

normal

Question 15

discharge types: serosanguinous

Answer 15

• thin
• clear
• pink
• watery

normal

Question 16

discharge types: sanguinous

Answer 16

• red, just blood

- damage to capillary beds

Question 17

discharge types: seropurulent

Answer 17

• murky, yellow
• thick
• creamy
• “brownish tannish cool whip”

infection

Question 18

discharge types: purulent

Answer 18

• yellow, greenish
• thick

infection

Question 19

discharge types: haemopurulent

Answer 19

• dark, bloodstained
• viscous, sticky
• neutrophils and dead bacteria in the wound
• infection creates destruction to wound bed (causes bleeding)
• larger inflammatory response

Question 20

discharge types: haemorrhagic

Answer 20

• red
• blood comes out frothy and thick
• coagulated, oozing out
• not runny

Question 21

What indicates worse health in a wound (discharge)?

Answer 21

• thicker

- more of it

Question 22

What indicates healthier wound (discharge)?

Answer 22

• clearer

- thinner

Question 23

categories of goal writing for wounds

Answer 23

• wound bed (dressing/drainage)
• function
• education

Question 24

antideformity positions

Answer 24

• If there’s a burn over the joint, what’s the most likely deformity?
• put them in a position to prevent this