lp5 vocab-wound care

Question 1

Approximated-

Answer 1

when things are close together, example could be fingers, each finger is approximately close to each other.

Question 2

Debridement-

Answer 2

part of wound treatment, this involves removing any old tissues that lack strength (typically infected skin) and any other foreign material that may be in wound.

Question 3

Eschar-

Answer 3

dead skin tissue that formed over and then detached off from healthy skin.

Question 4

Exudate-

Answer 4

excess fluid that leaks out of blood vessels and finds its way into other tissues that are nearby.

Question 5

Pressure ulcer-

Answer 5

These injuries are caused by leaving an area of skin under too much pressure (typically from own body weight) for too long. These break down the skin and eventually tissues as well if not treated fast enough.

Question 5

Tunneling—

Answer 5

A wound that increasingly gets worse until there is an opening underneath the skin.

Question 6

Clean vs sterile technique-

Answer 6

clean technique is strategies used to help reduce the overall number of microorganisms. These help to reduce transmission form one patient to another, examples include handwashing.

Question 7

Sterile

Answer 7

Sterile is different because it is the complete reduction of all microorganisms in the environment, not just a reduction but a complete reduction. This helps to get completely rid of all disease spread from one to another.

Question 8

Asepsis-

Answer 8

an environment that is completely free of all microorganisms. There is no risk of spread of pathogens.

Question 9

Pressure Ulcer-

Answer 9

an injury that breaks down the skin in various stages. These are caused by putting too much pressure on the skin without moving the skin, causing the breaks.

Question 9

Dehiscence

Answer 9

• This is when the edge of the wound starts to separate, causing eventually a total separation of the wound edges. This can be caused by improper care of wound healing.

Question 10

Granulation-

Answer 10

This is good news in a healing tissue. This is when the broken skin starts to heal, causing a pink tissue to form around the wound. This tissue contains new connective tissue/. capillaries that mean the healing process is working

Question 11

Necrotic

Answer 11

• When the bodies tissues die. This can happen from anything and in any place of the body, just the death of tissues.

Question 12

Purulent-

Answer 12

when the skin contains pus. It is called purulent. This will keep producing and releasing pus until further action upon it.

Question 13

Venous ulcer-

Answer 13

ulcers in the body that are caused because of the veins inability to return blood back to heart.

Question 14

Arterial ulcer .

Answer 14

ulcers in body that are caused because of the arteries inability to get blood tp. Tissues

Question 15

Sterile gloves-

Answer 15

gloves that are completely free of all microorganisms. These are used in very important procedures

Question 16

Sterile Field

Answer 16

-A sterile field provides a sterile surface for placement of sterile equipment.

Question 17

Steri-strips-

Answer 17

These are the straps that will close wounds. They are sterile because they are closing the wound together, causing less bacteria to get into wound.

Question 18

Hemovac-

Answer 18

circular drain system that removes fluids from a wound. This is a closed system. The container will expand as it retains more fluid.

Question 19

Penrose drain-

Answer 19

rubber drain tube connected to an open wound to retain fluid. This is not connected to a bulb that harbors the drainage. uses gravity/negative pressure to pull drainage out

Question 20

Jackson-

Answer 20

Pratt drain- this is a drain that contains a tube and bulb that takes on the fluid. This is a closed system that will self-suction blood into the drain.

Question 21

Montgomery Straps-

Answer 21

These straps help to keep gauze and other materials onto the skin. They help to prevent skin trauma and are very comfortable to the skin. They are mainly used to place gauze and objects and keep them on the skin.

Question 22

Serous-

Answer 22

clear yellowy fluid that will drain from wounds. This is very common to see on a gauze pad after removing from wound.

Question 23

Serosanguineous

Answer 23

• excess fluid from a wound site that contains both serous and blood. This will be very thin and watery and a light red.

Question 24

Sanguinous

Answer 24

• this is the excess fluid from a wound that is just pure blood. This will be a very bright red on a gauze pad that will be just pure blood.