New Hire Test 2 Flashcards
Regarding wound healthing, what phases is VAC appropriate for?
Phases 2 & 3 regarding wound healing.
6 Characteristics of Hemostasis
- Platelet Aggregation
- Vasoconstriction
- Chemostatic factors
- Growth promoting substances
- Fibrin clot
- Usually starts within 60min
5 Characteristics of Inflammation
- Release of prostaglandin
- vaso-active substances
- leukocytes
- proteolytic enzymes
- Usually starts withing 20min to 4 days
4 Characteristics of Proliferation
- Begins within 3 to 21 days
- Granulation
- Contraction
- Re-epithelization begins
3 Characteristics of Remodeling
- Usually begins within 21days to 2years
- 30%-50% Tensile strength within 2-3weeks
- 80% Tensile strength within 3mo - 1year
Dehydrated thick leathery tissue (black, grey)
Eschar
Hydrated, loose, stringy nectrotic tissue (usually yellow)
Slough
3 Characteristics of Chronic wounds
- Older than 30 days
- Stuck b/t inflammation and proliferation stages (moving between the two)
- May be considered Chronic b/c of etiology
What 3 things come in the Simplace kit?
- Spiral Dressings (2 thinner pieces)
- 3M Tegaderm Drape
- Sensa-Trac pad
_____ is a characteristic of the bridge dressing?
Z-Fold
_____ is on the bottom of bridge dressings and it protects skin from maceration.
Wicking Layer
What are the components of the VAC therapy system?
- Therapy Unit
- Foam
- Sensa-TRAC pad
Whats the pressure setting for the Acti-Vac/Info-Vac?
25mmHg - 200mmHg
3 Key features of Acti-Vac/Info-Vac?
- Seal Check
- Setting Guide
- Therapy History Report
2 Key features of SENSA-TRAC
- Allows accurate pressure setting at wound site
2. Provides smart alarm
4 Benefits of SENSA-TRAC
- Enhanced patient comfort
- Reduced tubing blocks and alarms
- Improved TRAC pad
- Maintain compatibility with current therapy units.
4 Categories of Bio-Burdens?
- Contamination
- Colonization
- Critical Colonization
- Infection
3 characteristics of contamination?
- Non-replication microbes
- Body’s natural Flora
- Healing not inhibited
3 characteristics of colonization?
- replicating microbes
- no host reaction
- generally body can defend
3 characteristics of critical colonziation?
- overgrowing microbes
- bacterial enzymes and toxins
- delayed healing
3 characteristics of infection?
- invasion
- systemic reaction
- healing impaired
Signs of Infections?
(IFFE) Induration (hardening of the skin) Fever (greater than 100.5) Edema (swelling due to fluid) Erythema (redness of the skin)