Wound Types - Pictures and Definitions

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Necrosis

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Answer 2

Wet Necrosis

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Answer 3

Dry Necrosis

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Answer 4

Autoamputation

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Answer 5

Emboli / Embolus

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Eschar

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Slough

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Granulation

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Epithelialisation

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Answer 10

Exudate

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Answer 11

Purulent

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Haemopurulent

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Answer 13

Sanguineous

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Serosanguineous

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Extravasation

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Maceration

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Excoriated

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Undermined

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Hypergranulation

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Osteomyelitis

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Swelling

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Erythema

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Cellulitis

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Oedematous

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Necrotic / Necrosis

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Devitalised dead tissue, bluish/black hard and dry

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Wet necrosis

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Tissue is blueish/grey/brown/white and is soft, moist, spongey and can have malodour

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Dry necrosis

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Black/brown mummified dry tissue

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Autoamputation

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Clear demarcation between the healthy and devitalised tissue, the toe normally autoamputates at the demarcation line

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Emboli / Embolus

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Purple discoloration to the site which is well demarcated - does not blanch on pressure

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Eschar

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Dry, hard slough/scab

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Slough

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Cellular debris in a wound

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Granulation

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New connective tissue and blood vessels

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Epithelialisation

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Development of epithelial cells

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Exudate

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Fluid released from blood vessels into surrounding tissue

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Purulent

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Pus

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Haemopurulent

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Blood / Pus

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Sanguineous

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Blood

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SeroSanguineous

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Plasma / Blood

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Extravasation

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Discharge of blood into tissue

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Maceration

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Hyperhydrated tissue

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Excoriated

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abraded / burnt by excessive exudate

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Undermined

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Ulceration is wider than the superficial margins indicate

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Sinus

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Wound is not superficial, extends to subcutaneous tissue

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Hypergranulation

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Over production of granulation tissue

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Osteomyelitis

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Bone infection

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Swelling

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Increase in size

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Erythema

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Redness of the skin due to dilation of the blood capillaries

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Cellulitis

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Inflammation of the subcutaneous or connective tissue - associated with infection

Question 49

Oedematous

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Abnormal accumulation of fluid