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What cells are found in the dermis? Answer - Macrophages, Mast Cells, Fibroblasts, Nerves, Langerhans
What are the function of the proteins collagen and elastin? Answer - Providing the skin with tensile strength and elastic recoil?
What lab test measures the percentage of blood made up of red blood cells? Answer - Hematocrit
What protein is produced by stem cells that give red blood cells the red color and give them the ability to transport oxygen? Answer - Hemoglobin
What is the most common type of white blood cell that is phagocytic, a major player in the body's defense against bacterial infections, and the first to arrive at the site of infection? Answer - Neutrophil
What is meant by configuration of a lesion? Answer - Shape and outline of individual lesion or a group of lesions.
What is a zosteriform configuration? Answer - Dermatomal distribution corresponding to nerve root distribution. Patient presents with skin that appears chalky on the surface. What does this indicate? Answer - Dryness.
True or false: Undermining affects a large part of the wound while tunneling affects a small part Answer - True
True or false: Wound assessment should be documented every four weeks at a minimum? Answer - False. Wound assessment should be documented weekly
True or false: A partial thickness involves tissue destruction to the epidermidis, dermis, and into the subcutaneous tissue. Answer - False. A partial thickness wound involves tissue destruction through the epidermidis and dermis. It is pink and painful.
True or false: The presence of a eschar indicates a partial thickness wound. Answer - False: No eschar is found in full thickness wounds.
True or false: With age, the basement membrane between the dermis and epidermidis flattens out. Answer - True.
What is a bulla? Answer - Circular, fluid-filled lesion greater than 1 cm.
What is a papule? Answer - Superficial, solid lesion less than 1 cm, color varies.
What is a vesicle? Answer - Circular, fluid-filled lesion up to 1cm.
What is excoriation? Answer - Erosion or destruction of skin by mechanical means. What is denuded skin? Answer - Loss of epidermis caused by exposure to moisture.
What is a satellite lesion? Answer - Smaller red macules adjacent to the body of main lesion.
What is a macule? Answer - Circular, flat discoloration less than 1 cm, color varies.
What is a wheal? Answer - Firm, edematous plaque resulting from infiltration of the dermis.
What is the bottom of the foot? Answer - Plantar.
What is outer aspect of the ankle? Answer - Lateral.
When measuring wounds on the foot, what position on the clock is the heel of the patient? Answer - 12:00
What is inner aspect of the ankle? Answer - Medial.
What role does the speech therapist play on the Wound Care team? Answer - Assess for cognitive deficits.
When a patient is treated without informed consent, whether the treatment is life-saving or not, this is called what? Answer - Medical battery
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