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Would you define...
please
A question or two about...
Pressure Ulcers
A word or two about...
wounds
May I have more...
please???
Potpourri
100
Largest organ in the body... Protective barrier... Sensory organ for temperature; pain; touch...
What is skin???
100
Intact skin with non-blanchable redness...
What is a Stage I pressure ulcer???
100
pale, pink, watery, mixture of clear and red fluid...
What is sero-sanguineous drainage???
100
Primary (surgical incision...closed with staples, sutures, etc.) Secondary (wound heals by granulation)
What are the 2 types of healing???
100
blackened, hard, dead tissue over a decubitus ulcer or bedsore
What is necrotic tissue or eschar?
200
Pressure ulcer... Bed sore... Decubitus ulcer...
What is impaired skin integrity related to unrelieved, prolonged, pressure???
200
Full-thickness tissue loss with exposed bone, muscle, or tendon...
What is a Stage IV pressure ulcer???
200
clear, watery plasma...
What is serous drainage???
200
The filling in of a secondary wound with granulation tissue...
What is proliferation???
200
Protrusion of visceral (internal organs) through an open wound...
What is evisceration?
300
A risk assessment tool... Identifies at risk patients for developing pressure ulcers...
What is the Braden Scale???
300
Partial-thickness skin loss involving the epidermis, dermis, or both...
What is a Stage II pressure ulcer???
300
Bright red, active bleeding...
What is sanguineous drainage???
300
Age... Infection... Tissue perfusion... Nutrition...
What factors affect healing???
300
Alterations in mobility... Sensory perception (awareness) Level of consciousness... Nutritional status... Presence of moisture...
What risks are involved causing an increase in the possibility of skin breakdown or formation of decubitus???
400
An applied force or pressure exerted against the surface of the skin as tissues slide in opposite but parallel planes...
What is a skin shear???
400
Full-thickness tissue loss with visible fat...
What is a stage III pressure ulcer???
400
Thick yellow, green, tan, or brown drainage...
What is purulent drainage???
400
Disruption of the integrity and function of the tissues in the body..
What is a wound???
400
The removal of dead, blackened, hard tissue from a wound or pressure ulcer...
What is debridement???
500
Traumatic wound that results from a separation of the 2 major layers of human skin...the dermis and the epidermis...
What is a skin tear???
500
Pressure...
What is the major cause of pressure ulcers???
500
Pressure ulcer (tissue loss) Surgical incision (no tissue loss)
What are the 2 types of wounds???
500
Disruption of the integrity and function of tissues in the body...
What is a wound???