Contusion and dermatitis are what type of wound? - ANSWER closed
Simple wound - ANSWER simple incision, drain site, with no
complicating factors
Complex wound and 4 examples - ANSWER wounds with complicating
factors
polypharmacy, infection, exudate, comorbidity
What is zinc cream used to treat?
Should it be wiped clean each time? - ANSWER moderate to severe IAD
No, a new layer should be applied
Jackson Pratt and Hemovac drains are ___and ____ contained drainage
system while Penrose drain is ___ drainage system - ANSWER closed,
self, open
Hemovac drain is placed into ___ cavity after surgeries like __ and ___ -
ANSWER vascular, abdominal, orthepedic
2 parts of a hemovac drain - ANSWER perforated tubing
portable vacuum unit
Hemovac suction is maintained by ___of spring like device in collection
unit - ANSWER compression
Total volume hemovac drain can hold
When should it be emptied? - ANSWER 400-500 mL
Around half full
,Jackson Pratt Drain is made of a tube and ___ pressure collection
device, shaped like a ___ - ANSWER negative, bu;b
Total volume jackson pratt drain can hold?
When should it be emptied? - ANSWER 100mL/24 hr
25-50 mL
Penrose drain
tube is made of a soft ___
suction?
held in place with a ___
pulled out all at once? - ANSWER rubber, no, safety pin, stages
When is wound drainage bag used?
Example - ANSWER For wounds with lots of drainage like firstula
What is a percutaneous drain made of and where does it go?
How often does the dressing need to be changed (2)
How does it stay in place? - ANSWER plastic
skin
weekly and prn
sutured or securement device
Always use ____ when emptying a drain - ANSWER
How to remove the vaccum?
How to re-establish suction? - ANSWER Opening drainage port
Press and hold down before putting plug back on
Patients with what kind of drain shouldn't shower until drain is out -
ANSWER Penrose
T/F Dressings should always be kept dry during shower but patients with
long term G-tubes can shower - ANSWER True
Are ulcers of any type open wound? - ANSWER Yes
, T/F cancer, burns, trauma, forstbite, and bug bites are closed wounds -
ANSWER F
What causes pressure ulcers?
where on body are they most prominent? - ANSWER localized ischemia
(decreased blood supply to tissue)
over bony prominences
T/F Pressure ulcers can by downstaged - ANSWER F
Rolled edges, undermining, tunnelling occurs for what stage pressure
ulcer - ANSWER 4
Pressure 1 ulcers are have __loss of dermis with ____ redness -
ANSWER no, non-blanchable
What is non-blanchable erythema? - ANSWER areas of redness that do
not become pale when pressure is applied
Stage 2 pressure ulcer has ___skin loss with wound bed colour of ___
May also present as a ___ - ANSWER partial, red/pink
serum/serosanguineous filled blister
Stage 3 pressure ulcers have ___ skin loss with ___ present
May extend down to but not through - ANSWER full thickness,
subcutaneous
fascia
Stage 4 pressure ulcers have ___ skin loss with ___ present
May have ____ and/or ____ - ANSWER full thickness
bone, tendon, muscle, supporting structure
fascia
eschar, slou
Unstageable pressure ulcer 2 traits - ANSWER full thickness skin and
tissue loss
Slough or eschar
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