Wound Care Flashcards
Reduction of blood flow to tissue
Tissue ischemia
If tissue ischemia is relieved, vasodilation creates redness called
Hyperemia
Why wouldn’t erythematous area blanch?
Deep tissue damage
When normal red areas of light skinned patients are absent
Blanching
What are 3 related factors of developing pressure ulcers?
- Pressure intensity
- Pressure duration
- Tissue tolerance
Extrinsic factors of tissue tolerance are:
Shear, friction, and moisture
Systemic factors of tissue tolerance are:
Poor nutrition
Age
Low blood pressure
Risk factors for pressure ulcers
- Impaired sensory perception
- Impaired mobility
- Alteration in LOC
- Shear
- Friction
- Moisture
- Nutrition
- Tissue perfusion
- Infection
- Pain
- Age
- Psychosocial impact of wounds
Red, moist tissue composed of new blood vessels
Granulation tissue
Stingy substance attached to wound bed
Slough
Brown or black necrotic tissue
Eschar
Amount, colour, consistency and odour of wound drainage
Exudate
Response cause redness and swelling, and moderate exudate at wound edges.
Inflammatory response
Epidermal cells at wound edged quickly resurface and migrate across wound bed
Proliferation and migration response
New epithelium undergo reestablishment of epidural layers
Remodeling phase
Clear, watery plasma
Serous