Wound care

Question 1

what does blanched mean

Answer 1

pale or whitish discoloration of the skin

Question 2

What does epidope mean

Answer 2

the rolling or curling under of the edges of a wound

Question 3

What does erythema mean

Answer 3

Superficial reddening of the skin

Question 4

What color is slough and eschar?

Answer 4

Slough is yellow and Eschar is Dark

Question 5

What stage might a deep tissue be when the superficial layer comes off

Answer 5

Stage 3

Question 6

What are complications of wound healing?

Answer 6

Hemmhage
Infection
Dehiscence - wound edges come apart
Evisceration - body organs come out of body

Question 6

What is different about the oral mucosa than regular skin?

Question 7

What scale is used for predicting pressure ulcers?

Answer 7

The braden scale

• Sensory perception
• Moisture
  -Activity
  -Mobility
• Nutrition
  -Friction and shear

Question 8

What does negative pressure wound therapy do for the wound?

Answer 8

Increases cellular proliferations by mechanical stretching
To create new cells

Question 9

What does the ideal dressing do?

Answer 9

Debridement is the removal of nonliving tissue, dead, devitalized or necrotic tissue, to promote healing.