SOFT TISSUE TRAUMA #3

Question 1

ANY DRESSING THAT FORMS AN AIR TIGHT SEAL

Answer 1

OCCLUSIVE DRESSING

Question 2

AN INJURY IN WHICH THE SKIN IN INTERRUPTED; EXPOSING THE TISSUE BENEATH.

Answer 2

OPEN WOUND

Question 3

A BURN IN WHICH THE EPIDERMIS (FIRST LAYER OF THE SKIN) IS BURNED THROUGH AND THE DERMIS (SECOND LAYER) IS DAMAGED. BURNS OF THIS TYPE CAUSE REDDENING, BLISTERING AND A MOTTLED APPEARANCE. ALSO CALLED A SECOND DEGREE BURN.

Answer 3

PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN

Question 4

A PRESSURE APPLIED TIGHTLY TO CONTROL BLEEDING.

Answer 4

PRESSURE DRESSING

Question 5

AN OPEN WOUND THAT TEARS THROUGH THE SKIN AND DESTROYS UNDERLYING TISSUES. A PENETRATING PUNCTURE WOUND CAN BE SHALLOW OR DEEP. A PERFORATING PUNCTURE WOUND HAS BOTH AN ENTRANCE AND EXIT WOUND.

Answer 5

PUNCTURE WOUND

Question 6

A METHOD FOR ESTIMATING THE EXTENT OF A BURN. AREAS OF THE SKIN REPRESENT 9 PERCENT OF THE BODY SURFACE.

Answer 6

RULE OF NINES

Question 7

A METHOD FOR ESTIMATING THE ETENDT OF A BURN. THE PALM AND FINGERS OF THE PATIENTS HAND WHICH EQUALS 1% OF THE BODYS SURFACE AREA IS COMPARED WITH THE PATIENTS BURN TO ESTIMATE ITS SIZE.

Answer 7

RULE OF PALM