Cauterants Flashcards
An antiseptic employed to dry, moist tissues and to bleach
Phenol
The sloughing off of the epidermis
Desquamation AKA Skin Slip
Dry gangrene, common in patients with diabetes
Necrotic Tissue
How many bottles of fluid are poured into the bag during an autopsy and how big are the bottles?
2 16 oz bottles of cavity fluid
Embalming chemicals which are injected to the cavities of the body following the aspiration in the cavity embalming; What index are these fluids usually?
Cavity Fluid; 30 - 50 index
The concentrated, preservative, embalming chemical that is diluted with water to form the arterial solution for injection into the arterial system; Is Phenol an arterial fluid?
Arterial Fluid; No
Group of chemicals used in addition to vascular and cavity embalming I.E. Hardening Compound, Sealing Agents and mold preventative agents
Accessory Chemicals
Chemicals added to the embalming solution to deal with various demands predicated upon the embalming
Modifying Agents
Fluid injected for purposes other than preservation and disinfection
Supplemental Fluids
A non-toxic disinfectant suitable for the use on animal tissue
Antiseptic
An agent, usually chemical applied to inanimate objects to destroy disease-causing microbial agents
Disinfectant
The destruction and inhibition of most pathogenic organisms and their products in or around the body
Disinfection
The mixture of arterial fluid aka vascular fluid and water which is used for the arterial injection and may include supplemental fluid
Arterial Solution
Acute, deep seated inflammation in the skin which usually begins as a subcutaneous swelling in a hair follicle
Boil aka Furuncle
Inflammation of the skin. And deeper tissues that ends in suppuration and is accompanied by systemic symptoms, such as fever and leukocytosis
Carbuncle
Direct treatment, other than vascular injection, of the contents of the body cavities and the lumina of the hollow viscera; usually accomplished by aspiration and injection of strong undiluted chemicals using a trocar
Cavity Embalming aka Cavity Treatment
Restorative treatment usually accompanied by aspiration, gravitation, or external pressure to remove gases or excess liquids from tissues
Channeling
Disease that may be transmitted between individuals, with reference to the organism that causes a disease
Contagious Disease
An agent, usually chemical, applied to inanimate objects/surfaces to destroy disease-causing microbial agents, but not usually bacterial spores
Disinfectant
An injury caused by a blow without laceration and within the tissue; generally accompanied by swelling.
Ecchymosis aka Bruise or Contusion
A swelling mass of clotted blood confined to an organ or space caused by a ruptured blood vessel
Hematoma
Embalming where an absorbent material is saturated with an embalming chemical and placed in direct contact with the tissue.
Embalming Pack
Necrosis, death of tissues of part of the body usually due to deficient or absent blood supply
Gangrene
Condition that results when the body part that dies had little blood and remains aseptic
Dry Gangrene
Necrotic tissue that is wet as a result of inadequate venous drainage; may be accompanied by the invasion of saprophytic bacteria
Moist Gangrene
Antemortem Necrosis in a wound infected by an anaerobic gas forming bacillus, the most common etiologic agent being clostridium perfrigens
Tissue Gas
Injection of embalming chemicals directly into the tissues through the use of a syringe and needle
Hypodermic Embalming
The direct contact of body tissues with embalming chemical. This can be accomplished with surface packs
Surface Embalming
An absorbent material, compress, saturated with an embalming chemical and placed in direct contact with the tissue
Surface Pack
To cut or tear into irregular segments
Lacerate
Wound characterized by irregular tearing of tissue
Laceration
Antemortem injuries resulting from friction of the skin against a firm object resulting in the removal of the epidermis
Abrasion
Specific pathogenic structural and functional changes or both brought about by disease or injury.
Lesion
Antemortem, physiological death of the cells of the body followed by their replacement
Necrobiosis
Pathological death of a tissue still apart of the living organism
Necrosis
Chemicals which kill or render incapable of reproducing disease causing microorganisms
Germicide
Chemicals which inactive saprophytic bacteria, render unsuitable for nutrition the media upon such bacteria thrive
Preservatives
What is Phenol a derivative of?
Coal Tars
What percentage of Phenol can cause burns?
10% solution
What kind of solution must Phenol and Formaldehyde be?
Can never be in 50/50 solution. Must always be in an unbalanced solution
What does Cavity Fluid do??
Bleaches the skin stains Cauterizes Disinfects Preserves Germicide
How should tissue be treated during restorative art?
It should be dried and cauterized for wax to adhere to the skin
The benefits of cauterizing the incision before suturing?
Prevents Leaks
Disinfects area 2nd time
Phenol Coefficients? Definition
Measure of the disinfecting power of a substance that is determined by dividing the figure indicating the degree of dilution of the disinfectant that kills a microorganism within a given time
Is Phenol an arterial fluid??
No
