Wound care

Question 1

What type of wound care can be done for burns?

Answer 1

• Debridement

- Grafting

Question 2

Enzymatic debridment agents may be used to remove what?

Answer 2

necrotic dead tissue

Question 3

Examples of enzymatic debridement agents?

Answer 3

• sutilains

- collagenase

Question 4

When/where can enzymatic drugs not be used?

Answer 4

• on face
• if pregnant
• over large nerves
• if area is open to body cavity

Question 5

Hydyrotherapy is a type of what?

Answer 5

debridement

Question 6

Is pain management important before hydrotherapy?

Answer 6

yes

Question 7

What could happen to client if immersion hydrotherapy (whirlpool) is used?

Answer 7

cross contamination

Question 8

An autograft uses the clients own what?

Answer 8

skin

Question 9

In autograft intact skin is taken from a healthy donor site and placed where?

Answer 9

over the burned area

Question 10

After a autograft may a dressing be applied until bleeding stops?

Answer 10

yes, then left to air

Question 11

If the client is well nourished, the surgeon can re-harvest from he same donor site in an autograft how often?

Answer 11

every 12-14 days

Question 12

If the skin graft should become blue or cool what could this mean?

Answer 12

Poor circulation

Question 13

What can be done is a skin graft has poor circulation?

Answer 13

• tuberculin syringe and aspirate blood or exudate from under graft
• or qtip over graft to flatten out graft

Question 14

Will a new graft adhere is air, blood, or exudate is accumulating under the graft?

Answer 14

no potential for total or partial loss of graft