Section 3

Question 0

Dehiscence

Answer 0

The wound splits or bursts open

Question 1

Complications of healing

IDKAU - I don’t keep assholes up

Answer 1

• infection
• dehiscence
• keloid development
• adhesions
• ulceration

Question 2

Keloid development

Answer 2

Excess collagen

Question 3

Adhesions

Answer 3

Fibrous connections with nearby tissues which limit movement

Question 4

Ulceration

Answer 4

Circumscribed, open lesions (sores)

Question 5

Burns

Answer 5

Caused by- thermal injury

             - electrical energy 
             - caustic chemical injury
             - radiation exposure
             - inhalation of noxious fumes

• The injury triggers an acute inflammatory response

Question 6

Superficial partial thickness burns

1st degree burns

Answer 6

• these burns damage the epidermis
• there is erythema (redness), pain and swelling of the affected area
• these Burns do not result in cell necrosis or scarring

Question 7

Deep partial thickness burns

2nd degree burns

Answer 7

• These burns damage epidermal skin layers and penetrate some dermal skin layers
• scarring can occur in some cases, healing takes 10 to 30 days

Question 8

Full thickness burns

3rd degree burns

Answer 8

• these damage the epidermis and dermis and can penetrate subcutaneous layer’s as well
• healing is challenged by loss of elastin, replacement of skin cells with collagen, an invasion of microorganisms

Question 9

Contractures

Answer 9

• Sometimes scarring after burns is extensive. lost of elasticity is evidenced by contractures, areas of thick, shortened, and rigid tissue.
• contractors limit movement

Question 10

Burn complications

Answer 10

• widespread inflammatory response
• stress hypermetabolism
• impaired defense mechanisms

Question 11

widespread inflammatory response

Answer 11

Permeable capillaries allow fluid to shift out of blood vessels and it can lead to shock, dead tissue, and Escher (which is exudate that converted into a thick coagulated crust)

Question 12

stress hypermetabolism

Answer 12

Burns cause higher metabolic demands

Question 13

impaired defense mechanisms

Answer 13

Greater risk for sepsis (bacterial infection of the blood)