PRESSURE INJURY PREVENTION TRIVIA

SKIN FACTS

100

Name the largest organ 

What is your SKIN

200

Recognition of skin injury may be more difficult in this patient population  

Patient with darker skin tones 

300

19 Million of these make up one square inch of skin 

Skin cells

400

DAILY DOUBLE   DAILY DOUBLE DAILY DOUBLE  a persons skin makes up what percentage of body weight 

What is 15% 

500

The skin has this many layers 

3 

 Epidermis -Dermis-Hypodermis 

PRODUCTS

100

Use this to prevent friction and shear during lateral transfers

SAGE Air TAPs 

200

No order needed! Stored in all clean utility rooms and is used to prevent MASD. 

** Bonus point for MASD 

What is Interdry 

300

Most effective for decreasing pressure injuries on heels 

Heel boot  or Z flos

(anything but pillows) 

400

"P" or "T" on a dressing tells you to change it this often 

daily or every 3 days

500

if you see stable eschar choose this as your best dressing/treatment selection 

***3 Bonus Points available 

White Foam with retention dressing 

***BONUS: Betadine Paint 

WOUND CARE

100

This is how you ask a Wound Nurse to see your patient 

IP Consult to Wound Care 

200

Zinc ointment is used for this type of skin breakdown 

Incontinence Associated Dermatitis  (IAD) 

300

Purple discoloration and non blanchable tissue suggests this type of skin injury 

Deep Tissue 

400

Mepitel one with retention dressing or small border mepilex labeled with an arrow in place for 7 days is the preferred treatment for this skin injury

what is a skin tear

500

Name 3 top immediate wound care interventions

Clean 

Assess (where, what, why)

Dress

MEDICAL DEVICES

100

Often said to be the most preventable type of pressure injury 

Medical Device related Pressure Injuries 

200

inspect skin under or around medical devices this often 

every shift- part of your head-toe skin assessment 

300

Change these and rotate locations daily for best practice pressure injury prevention 

Continuous Pulse Oximeters 

400

Use mepilex white foam or non bordered foam for pressure injury prevention around this type of device 

Trach or PEG tube

500

Gecko Gel pad are used immediate upon initiation of this type of device to prevent pressure injuries 

Bi Pap masks 

WOUND VACS

100

if you have to remove a wound vac what is the appropriate dressing to apply 

Saline Moist Gauze 

200

what are the 2 sizes of wound vac canisters 

500  1000

300

length of time a wound vac can be inactive before removing 

What is 2 hours

400

This vac instills saline or Vashe into the wound bed along with negative pressure therapy 

What is vera-flo 

500

when a patient is discharging from the hospital; what do you do with the wound vac (multiple answers) 

1) Remove or unhook wound vac

2) If home or rehab vac is ordered switch to the new vac.  

3) Place hospital wound vac in Dirty utility room on Level 14.