Arterial Leg Ulcers
True or false: arterial ulcers have attached edges
False. The actual wound is deeper than the wound edges: unattached wound edges.
True or false: venous leg ulcers are typically shallow and large in size.
True
True of False: tomatoes are fruit
True
True or false: the symptoms of pain in patients with diabetes may be unreliable
True: patients with neuropathy may have decreased sensation or lack ability to feel pain in some areas
What are two lifestyle contributors to the development of an arterial ulcer?
1. Smoking
2. Malnutrition
3. Obesity
True or false: venous wounds tend to have less drainage that arterial ulcers
False: venous wounds have more drainage than arterial ulcers
True of False: Pineapples grow on trees (no google)
False, pineapples grow in the ground
What is the difference between calloused vs macerated periwound skin?
Calloused: dry and thick skin, can act as a protective reaction around a wound
Macerated: breakdown and softening of skin due to prolonged exposure to moisture
Describe an arterial leg ulcer: give 5 typical characteristics of the wound/ leg
1. Anatomical location: below ankle, tip of toes
2. Measurement: deep, smaller size
3. Exudate: none to minimal amount
4. Unattached edges
5. Leg: pedal pulse absent/weak, poor capillary refill, changes to nails, gangrene of toes, dry/shiny skin, loss of hair
What is considered to be an effective intervention on the care of venous/arterial leg ulcers? (Hint: its something a patient needs to be assessed for)
Compression stockings: improve calf muscle pump function and decreases reflux in incompetent veins.
What famous animal predicts the weather every year
Punxsutawney Phil (groundhog)
True or false: when swabbing a wound for specimen collection, perform wound care before you take the swab.
True: any debris/pus is dead tissue, if a wound bed is infected, the microorganisms will be within the wound bed itself. In order to access the wound bed, cleanse the wound bed before collecting a sample.