Wound Healing
Pink, fragile tissue spreads across a superficial wound surface — a hallmark of this phase of healing.
What is epithelization?
Intact skin with non-blanchable redness over the sacrum defines this stage of pressure injury.
What is Stage I?
Derived from seaweed, this dressing forms a gel on contact with wound exudate.
What is calcium alginate?
As water depth increases, this happens to a patient's weight-bearing forces.
What is decrease in weight bearing?
Reducing this is the primary goal of intermittent compression therapy.
What is to reduce edema?
Over time, a patient's scar tissue grows paler and stronger. This describes this final phase of healing.
What is the remodeling phase?
Partial-thickness skin loss with a red wound bed and no slough defines this stage of pressure injury.
What is Stage II?
Easy to apply but requiring frequent changes, this is the simplest and most common wound dressing.
What is gauze?
A patient under toe-touch weight-bearing (TTWB) precautions is safest exercising at this water depth.
What is cervical level?
Placing a compression sleeve only over the visibly swollen area is a common error, because the device should do this instead.
What is compression device should extend beyond the edematous region?
A clean surgical incision with minimal tissue loss heals rapidly by this type of healing.
What is primary intention?
Redness with intact blisters describes this depth of burn.
What is superficial partial thickness burn?
A Stage I pressure injury needs a dressing that allows visualization while still protecting the skin. This is the best choice.
What is transparent film?
Walking in water decreases joint loading thanks to this buoyant property of water.
What is bouyancy?
A patient with lower extremity edema and this cardiac condition requires caution before starting compression therapy.
What is congestive heart failure?
A wound with significant tissue loss is left open, healing through granulation, contraction, and epithelialization from the margins. This is known as this type of healing.
What is secondary intention?
Dry, hard, black, and leathery describes this type of necrotic tissue.
What is eschar?
This dressing hydrates a dry wound bed but has no absorptive properties.
What is hydrogel dressing?
Because heat can worsen symptoms in this condition, known as Uhthoff's phenomenon, a patient with multiple sclerosis should do aquatic therapy in water below this temperature.
What is below 95F?
Two days after a total knee arthroplasty, a patient has limited out-of-bed activity. These two devices work together to improve motion and reduce swelling.
What is IPC and CPM?
Beefy red, well-vascularized tissue fills a healthy wound bed — the definition of this tissue type.
What is granulation tissue?
A painful, well-defined wound located laterally on the limb, often over a bony prominence, describes this type of ulcer.
What is arterial ulcer?
Removing this type of gauze dressing takes both necrotic and healthy viable tissue with it — a nonselective debridement technique.
What is wet to dry dressing?
A PTA is more cautious with a patient whose body composition puts them at risk of not floating in the pool. This is that body composition.
What is lower adipose tissue?
This CPM setting should never be adjusted without a physician's order.
What is range of motion setting?
Pale, wrinkled, overly moist skin surrounding a wound, often caused by excess moisture, describes this condition.
What is maceration?
A deep plantar foot wound with diminished sensation describes this type of ulcer.
What is a neurotropic ulcer?
Best for low-to-moderate exudate, this dressing forms a gel as it interacts with wound drainage.
What is hydrocolloid dressing?
Deep water immersion enhances venous return through this water property, which increases with depth.
What is hydrostatic pressure?
This is the primary benefit of CPM after a total knee arthroplasty.
What is healing and joint mobility?
Topical enzymatic agents selectively remove necrotic tissue in this type of debridement.
What is chemical debridement?
Burns cover the entire anterior and posterior thorax. Using the Rule of Nines, this is the total body surface area burned.
What is 36%?
Absorbing excess drainage while maintaining a moist wound environment, this dressing can stay in place for 3–4 days.
What is semi permeable foam?
For comfort and muscle relaxation, patients with arthritis typically prefer aquatic therapy within this warmer temperature range.
What is 98-100?
Thick, yellow-to-tan drainage found at a dressing change is classified as this type of exudate.
What is purulent?
A painless burn, due to destroyed nerve endings and subcutaneous fat, is classified at this depth.
What is full thickness burn?
Recommended for infected or heavily colonized ulcers, but not for long-term use, this dressing contains an antimicrobial metal.
What is silver impregnated dressing?
Performing shoulder adduction underwater, moving against water's resistance, is an example of this type of exercise.
What is resisted exercise?