CHAPTER 39: Wound Evaluation

Question 1

Are due to tissue tension during wound healing, and these scars stay within the original wound boundaries and tend to undergo partial spontaneous regression within 1 to 2 years

Answer 1

Hypertrophic scars

Question 2

Are genetically linked variations in wound healing, resulting in the production of excess collagen beyond the original wound boundaries

Answer 2

Keloids

Question 3

Is the major inorganic soil component responsible for infection

Answer 3

Clay

Question 4

Is the most common mechanism for traumatic wounds

Answer 4

Blunt force

Question 5

Tourniquets may be used to obtain a blood-less field, but they should not be used for more than —?— minutes

Answer 5

30 minutes