Wound Care Pt. 3 Flashcards
1
Q
What do you typically clean a wound with?
A
saline irrigation/ pulsed lavage
Surfactant cleansing spray
Whirlpool
2
Q
What are the different types of debridement?
A
- sharp/mechanical
- enzyme- cream covered
- autolytic- covering to help wound debride
- surgical
3
Q
What are advantages in moist dressings?
A
decrease pain increased rate of healing rapid debridement easy to use fewer dressing changes
4
Q
What foam would you use on a cancer wound?
A
lyofoam
5
Q
Would you use hydrocolloids on an infected wound?
A
No it would make it worse
6
Q
What do wound fillers do?
A
- absorbs excudate
- encourages autolytic debridement
- Needs a secondary dressing
7
Q
Collagen wound fillers
A
absorbed in wound
