Wound Flashcards
Stages of wound healing
Inflammatory stage
Proliferative
Maturation or remodeling stage
Begins with an injury and last 3 to 6 days
Controlling bleeding with vasoconstriction, retraction on the blood vessel, fibrin accumulation and clot formation
Inflammatory stage
Last 3 to 24 days
replacing the lost tissue with connective or granulated tissue and collagen
resurfacing a new epithelial cell
proliferative
Occurs on or about day 21 and involves the strengthening Of the collagen scar in the restoration of a more normal appearance
I could take more than one year to complete
Maturation are remodeling stage
Absorbs EXUDATE from the wound
Woven guaze
Does not stick to the wound bed
Non-adherent material
Used to mechanically Debride I won’t until granulation tissue starts to form in the wound bed
Must keep moist at all time to prevent pain and disruption of healing process
Damp too damp 4” x 4” dressing
A temporary second skin ideal for a small superficial wound
Self adhesive transparent film
In occlusive dressing that swells in the presence of either EXUDATE composed of gelatin and pectin it forms a seal at the the wound surface to prevent evaporation of moisture from the skin
maintains a granulating wound bed
can stay in place for 3 to 5 days
Hydrocolloid
Composition is mostly water
Gels after contact with EXUDATE promoting auto lytic debridement and cooling
Rehydrates and feels dead space might require a secondary occlusive dressing
Hydrogel
Non-adherent dressing that confirm conform to the wound shape and absorbs exudate
Alginate
Powders, paste, granules, sheets, gel, and paste help stop bleeding promote healing
Collagen
