Types of Wounds
Tears in the skin du to blunt or sharp objects, irregular or jagged shaped.
What is a laceration?
This type of healing takes place when the wound is left open to heal and granulation tissue forms from the bottom up in the wound bed.
What is secondary healing?
This is bloody wound drainage.
What is sanguineous?
This dressing is used in dry wounds for debridement of necrotic tissue. It provides moisture to draw moisture away from the wound.
What is hydrogel?
This wound has full thickness skin loss with visible adipose tissue.
What is stage 3 pressure ulcer?
What is a skin tear?
This wound healing risk factor decreases peripheral perfusion, impairs sensation and causes delayed wound healing.
What is diabetes mellitus?
This wound drainage is thin watery and mixed with blood
What is serosanguineous?
This device is easily applied and used with minimal drainage.
What is a film dressing?
This wound has localized nonblanchable deep red/maroon/purple discoloration due to intense pressure or shearing.
What is a deep tissue pressure injury?
Form of dermatitis that develops when the skin is exposed to irritants such as feces, urine, stoma effluent and wound exudates.
What is moisture associated skin damage?
This type of healing occurs in clean lacerations and surgical incisions closed with skin adhesives or sutures; the fastest to heal.
What is primary healing?
This wound drainage is green or yellow and indicates infection.
What is purulent?
This dressing is used on small abrasions, superficial burns, pressure injuries, has bacteriostatic properties, and may cause contact dermatitis.
What is hydrocolloid dressing?
This wound has intact skin with localized area of nonblanchable erythema.
What is stage 1 pressure injury?
a chronic wound that is dry necrotic regular shaped and the client has diminished pulses and capillary refill.
What is an arterial ulcer?
This type wound healing is left open for 5-10 days then closed with sutures.
What is delayed primary closure?
This wound drainage is thin and watery.
What is serous?
Gauze is moistened with prescribed solution and it provides mechanical debridement.
What is wet to dry dressing?
What is unstageable pressure injury?
This chronic wound has exudate, irregular margins, pigmentation, and edema.
What is a venous ulcer?
This wound healing risk factor prevents the formation of collagen and fibroblasts needed for wound healing.
What are steroids?
The wound drainage is thin and water mixed with green.
What is seropurulent?
This dressing is made from seaweed or algae and used for moderate to highly exudative wounds.
What is alginate?
This wound has full thickness skin and tissue loss with fascia, muscles, tendons, ligaments, cartilage and/or bone visible.
What is a stage 4 full pressure ulcer?