Wound Bed Preperation

Question 1

What is wound bed preparation?

Answer 1

Management of the wound bed in order to accelerate endogenous healing and/or to facilitate effectiveness of other therapeutic measures

Question 2

What are the aims of wound bed preparation?

Answer 2

Identify and reduce necrotic burden
Identify and reduce bacterial burden and restore balance
Manage wound exudate/fluid to provide an optimum healing environment
Epithelial advancement

Question 3

What are the three components of treating a non-healing wound?

Answer 3

Treat the cause
Local Wound care
Address patient issues and concerns

Question 4

Describe slough

Answer 4

wet, stringy and yellow brown tissue

Question 5

Describe necrotic tissue

Answer 5

dry, hard, leathery and brown/black tissue

Question 6

How does non-viable/deficient tissue impede healing?

Answer 6

Encourages infection
Hinder wound assessment
Impede drainage
Impede epithelial advancement
Increase pressure

Question 7

What is the main method of removing dead/non-viable tissue?

Answer 7

Debridement

Question 8

What is debridement?

Answer 8

Method that removes dead, devitalized or contaminated tissue from the wound bed

Question 9

What are the different forms of debridement?

Answer 9

Mechanical
Enzymatic
Autolytic
Larval
Sharp
Surgical

Question 10

What is maceration?

Answer 10

When the wound is producing lots of exudate and thus becomes excessively moist