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Healing
Pressure Injury
Wound Care
Wound Complications
Misc
100
This delays healing due to the increase moisture
What is maceration?
100

In a nursing home, skin should be formally inspected and rated this often

What is done weekly in LTC?

100
This should NEVER be applied to a well-granulated Stage II pressure sore?
What is hydrogen peroxide?
100
This is manifested by flushed, warm skin
What is hypovolemic shock?
100
This is how burns and pressure ulcers heal
What is second intention?
200
This monitoring device detects oxygen levels in the blood which is necessary for wound healing
What is a pulse oximeter?
200
This stage is unblanchable reddened skin
What is Stage I?
200
This is the scale used to identify at-risk patients for skin breakdown.
What is the Braden Scale?
200
These sx's could indicate infection
What is warmth, erythema, purulent drainage and pain?
200
This kind of fluid is extremely caustic to skin and tissues
What are digestive tract juices?
300
This should be momitored due to its deleterious effect on wound healing
What is anemia?
300
This Stage can contain blisters
What is Stage II?
300
This is important to understand when choosing the correct dressing for a wound.
What is Water Vapor Tramission Rate (WVTR)?
300
The preferred device for irrigating deep wounds.
What is a soft catheter with small openings?
300
This is bloody drainage.
What is sanguineous?
400
A simple surgical incision heals this way
What is first (primary) intention?
400
In this Stage, underlying muscle and bone may be visible.
What is Stage IV?
400
This dressing has a low WVTR
What is a hydrocolloid dressing?
400
This type of drain is used for small amounts of drainage.
What is a Jackson-Pratt (JP) drain?
400
This is pus.
What is purulent drainage?
500
These kind of dressings are not all the same
What are foam dressings?
500
This puts patients at increased risk for pressure sore formation.
What is decreased mental status?
500
This type of dressing only needs to be changes every 48hrs
What is a negative-pressure wound system (Wound Vac)?
500
This type of drain if used for larger amounts of drainage.
What is a hemovac?
500
This is the drainage that is clear golden colored.
What is serous?