bandaging and wound care

Question 2

How does the VT anesthetize the wounded distal portion of a limb before treating the wound?

Answer 2

perform ring block

injecting a local anesthetic into the wounded dustal portion of a limb

Question 3

How much pressure should be used when performing a wound lavage ?

Answer 3

10 PSI

Question 4

What is the function of a bandage when applied for orthopedic injuries in animals ?

Answer 4

decreasing swelling

Question 5

Which is best for immobilizing a dog’s hip?

Answer 5

An ehmer sling

only option that can immobilize a hip joint

Question 6

Which method of wound closure allows the wound to heal by granulation tissue formation and epithelialization?

Answer 6

Second intention wound healing

method used if the wound is older than 6 to 8 hours and is infected and necrotic

Question 7

Which process is occurinf when wound strength becomes the greatest?

Answer 7

Collagen fiber alignment

Question 8

Which of the following is the first step in immediate wound care?

Answer 8

Donning gloves

Question 9

what is the function of an adherent bandage layer?

Answer 9

Nonselective debridement

Question 10

Which bandage material conforms and holds the secondary layer of the bandage?

Answer 10

Kling

It is a conforming gauze , teritiary bandage layer

Question 11

Which type of wound is classified as a partial thickness dermis wound?

Answer 11

Abrasions

Question 12

What are the characteristic features of the proliferative phase of wound healing?

Answer 12

• Invasion of fibroblasts
• Deposition of collagen
• Formation of granulation tissue

Question 13

What are the phases are wound healing?

Answer 13

1. Inflammatory (lag)
   * Immediate, lasts 3-5 days
   * fromation of a blood clot w/in the wound, releasae of growth factors and recruitment of macrophages and neutriphils to clean wound and modulate healing
2. Proliferative
   * after 2-3 days
   * Invasion of fibroblasts, fromation of granulation tissues, dispositon of collagen, epithelialization acorss health granualtion tissue and wound contraction by myofibroblasts
3. Maturation
   * Begins after about 3 wks
   * collagen fibers remodel and slign, and a final gain in wound strength occurs

Question 14

What type of burn causes pain and red skin?

Answer 14

First degree burns

Question 15

What type of burn has partial thickess dermal injury and fluid filled blisters

Answer 15

2nd degree burn

Question 16

which type of burn are a full thickess injury such as a thick, leathery and black layer of dead dermis ?

Answer 16

3rd degree burns

Question 17

difference between the Velpeau sling and the ehmer sling ?

Answer 17

Velpeau sling is commonly used for a non weight bearing sling to immobilize all the joints of an affected forelimb
where ehmer is applied to immobilize the hip joints and/or pelvic joints such as the acetabular

Question 18

which med is only useful in the treatment of a topical microbial infection?

Answer 18

silver sulfadiazine (Silvadene)