Wounds
Trauma that happens to the skin is visually exposed
What is Skin Wounds?
What is swelling?
Commonly used by medical and nursing staff to arrest bleeding in a trauma or first aid situation. Their use on surgical wounds may reduce blood loss, wound ooze and infection risk.
What are compressive dressings?
Injuries that involve a break in the skin and leave the internal tissue exposed
What are open wounds?
What is pus?
What does RICE stand for?
What is Rest, Ice, Compression, and Elevate?
Occur without any exposure to the underlying damaged tissue and organs and are generally caused through blunt trauma.
What are closed wounds?
This is the result of the presence of the infection which causes the wound to remain in the inflammatory phase of wound healing
What is drainage?
A person who is trained and licensed to practice medicine. They help prevent, diagnose, treat, and manage injuries, diseases, and other conditions.
What is a physician?
Skin scraped against a rough surface
What is abrasion?
Redness/red streaks appear beyond edges in what type of wound
What is abrasion?
These are used to absorb blood and other fluids, protect the wound from infection, and provide a barrier between the wound and the outside world.
What is a gauze?
Layers of skin torn off completely or only flap of skin remains
What is avulsion?
The affected area is tender to touch and sensitive.
What are closed wounds?
These ointments can be used directly on the skin and help prevent and treat minor skin infections of small cuts, abrasions, scrapes, first-degree burns and stitched surgical wounds. NEOSPORIN®, POLYSPORIN®, and Bacitracin are examples.
What are anti-bacterial ointments?