Burns/wounds

Question 0

Rule of nines: head and neck

Answer 0

9%

Question 1

Rule of nines

Answer 1

Percentage of the body affected by a burn, but does not account for severity

Question 2

Rule of nines: anterior trunk

Answer 2

18%

Question 3

Rule of nines: posterior trunk

Answer 3

18%

Question 4

Rule of nines: bilateral anterior arm forearm and hand

Answer 4

9%

Question 5

Rule of nines: bilateral posterior arm forearm and hand

Answer 5

9%

Question 6

Rule of nines: genital region

Answer 6

1%

Question 7

Rule of nines: bilateral anterior leg and foot

Answer 7

18%

Question 8

Rule of nines: bilateral posterior leg and foot

Answer 8

18%

Question 9

Zone of coagulation

Answer 9

Area of a burn that receives the most severe injury with irreversible cell damage

Question 10

Zone of Stasis

Answer 10

Area of a burn with less severe injury that possesses reversible damage. Surrounds the zone of coagulation

Question 11

Zone of hyperemia

Answer 11

Area surrounding the zone of stasis. Presents with inflammation but will fully recover without intervention or permanent damage

Question 12

Escharotomy

Answer 12

Surgical procedure that opens or removes eschar from a burn site to reduce tension on a surrounding structure, relieve pressure, and enhance circulation.

Question 13

Full thickness graft

Answer 13

Graft that contains the dermis and epidermis

Question 14

Sheet graft

Answer 14

Skin graft that is transferred directly from the unburned donor site to the prepared recipient site.

Question 15

Mesh graft

Answer 15

Skin graft that is altered to create a mesh-like pattern, to cover a larger surface area.

Question 16

Necrotic tissue

Answer 16

Dead tissue resulting from cell death.
A.k.a. devitalized or nonviable tissue.
different types

Question 17

Eschar

Answer 17

Black/brown, leathery/hard, dehydrated tissue, firmly adhered to wound bed
Necrotic

Question 18

Hyperkeratosis

Answer 18

Aka callus, white, can be firm or soggy.

Necrotic

Question 19

Slough

Answer 19

Moist, stringy, white/yellow, loosely attached in clumps to the wound bed.

Question 20

Selective debridement

Answer 20

Removal of only nonviable tissue

Question 21

Nonselective debridement

Answer 21

Removal of both viable and nonviable tissues.