LPCO09 Flashcards
What are the types of wound healing?
Primary intention (the wound is closed immediately following the injury prior to granulation.
Secondary intention: allowing the wound to heal on its own without surgical closure.
Delayed primary closure: a combination of first and secondary intentions
What is granulation?
Part of the healing process where rough, pink tissue containing new connective tissue and capillaries form around the edge of a wound.
What is extravasation?
Passage or escape into the tissues, usually blood, serum, or lymph.
Epithelialization
Regrowth of skin over a wound.
Cellulitis
Infection of skin characterized by heart, pain, redness, and edema.
Dehiscence
Rupture of a closed wound.
Serous
Sanguineous
Serosanguineous
Purulent
Serous= clear, watery drainage
Sanguineous=bloody
Serosanguineous= composed of serum and blood
Purulent=consisting or containing pus
Factors that complicate wound healing process.
Extent of injury, type of injury, infection, patients nutritional status, age, obesity, low oxygen, smoking, and drugs.
What should you observe when inspecting injury?
Color of wound bed tissue, wound size, wound boundaries, and drainage.
What are the types of dressings that can be used?
Gauze, transparent, hydrocolloid.
What are the two types of wound drainage systems?
Open and closed drains.
4 wound complications.
Impaired healing, bleeding, evisceration, infection.
What are two closed drainage systems?
Jackson Pratt and hemovac.
