grafts

Question 1

material obtain from a pt’s intact skin, cadaver(dead people), or animals to treat burns victims

Answer 1

biologic dressin

Question 2

its the most desirable graft

A graft transferred from one part of a pt body to another (using your skin to help your wound on your body)

Answer 2

autograft

Question 3

when autograft is no possible what’s another way to help with the wound using human skin
(sense they are the same species)

cadaver(dead people)

Answer 3

homograft and ALLOGRAFT

Question 4

a graft of tissue from an individual of one species to an individual of a different species (pig skin to human skin)

Answer 4

xenograft

Question 5

Substance created by chemical process

a term used for artificial skin that can be used as a temporary measure for grafting in burn victims

Answer 5

biosynthetic

Question 6

autograft can be

Answer 6

full thickness or split thickness skin graft

Question 7

split thickness means they ran it through a

Answer 7

meshing machine

Question 8

Why is an escharotomy performed?

Answer 8

If eschar cannot be removed, tissue perfusion or respiration may be compromised because of circumferential eschar constriction; possible necrosis and nerve damage

micro organism grow here

Question 9

removal of eschar and necrotic skin is usually done within

Answer 9

24 to 72 hours

Question 10

if the pressure is not relieved what happens to the arterial blood flow

Answer 10

in extremity will be compromised causing necrosis and nerve damage

Question 11

An escharotomy on the chest improves ?

Answer 11

lung expansion and O2

no anesthesia

Question 12

What is compartment syndrome?

Answer 12

increased pressure within a compartment, such as arm or leg, causes compromised circulation

can be caused by edema from the burn

Question 13

what should you monitor with compartment syndrome

Answer 13

increasing pain

paleness and

tenseness of the tissue

numbness

or tingling

discoloration