Dressings
These dressings contain 30-90% water and are commonly used to hydrate dry necrotic wounds.
What are hydrogels?
In the presence of this type of tissue, debridement is not indicated.
What is stable firmly adherent eschar?
The stage that a pressure injury with localized, non-blanchable redness over intact skin would be classified as.
What is Stage 1?
This vascular wound is typically painless, has moderate exudate and edema especially when the limb is in dependent positions
What is a venous ulcer?
This phase of wound healing is characterized by mild erythema and warmth around the wound edges.
What is the inflammatory phase?
This dressing material is derived from seaweed and is highly absorbant.
What is (calcium) alginate?
This type of debridement may be helpful in someone who has low pain tolerance but it can be costly
What is enzymatic debridement?
This type of wound has full-thickness skin loss with visible adipose tissue but no exposed bone, muscle, tendon and fascia.
What is a Stage 3 pressure injury?
This range of Ankle Brachial Index values signify moderate peripheral arterial disease.
What is 0.5 - 0.8?
This is an easy way to track erythema at wound edges to assess whether the wound is decreasing in size.
What is mark the borders with a marker?
This would be a reason not to use hydrofiber dressings on a wound.
What is having no or a scant amount of exudate?
This type of selective debridement is an option for a wound that has not been responsive to other methods but may be a tough sell.
What is biological debridement?
When trying to offload a pressure injury on the sacrum, this is the ideal degree of tilt that a patient shoule be placed in sidelying.
What is compression?
When treating a type 1 skin tear, this should be used to directly cover the wound bed.
What is the skin flap?
This semi-permeable dressing is commonly used as a secondary dressing but can also protect a stage 1 pressure injury from worsening.
What is a film dressing?
This wound healing process is promoted by the moist wound healing environment created by hydrocolloid dressings.
What is autolytic debridement?
This is the force that is minimized by keeping the head of bed as low as possible
What is protect the wound with proper footwear?
This is often why someone with moderate arterial disease will avoid elevating their legs above the heart?
What is pain due to ischemia?
Typically the best choice for dressing a wound with moderate amounts of exudate located near a bony area.
What is foam?
This characteristic of a wound has a high risk of abscess formation and caution should be used during debridement
What is a sinus tract?
This type of support surface actively circulates air and moves moisture and heat and is recommended for patients who cannot reposition themselves easily and has a history of pressure injuries in the past
What is a low air-loss mattress?
The superficial and deep venous systems are incompetent when this is observed when applying the Trendelenburg test.
What is venous distention before AND after the tourniquet is removed in standing?
This modality can be used with many types of wounds and can be kept on for weeks at a time however caution should be used in those with bleeding disorders, malignancies near wound, or osteomyelitis.
What is negative pressure wound therapy (wound vac)?