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Integumentary
Wounds (PTA)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Serous Exudate | -COLOR: clear, light -CONSISTENCY: thin, watery -INDICATES: normal, healthy |
| Sanguineous Exudate | -COLOR: red or brown -CONSISTENCY: thin, watery -INDICATES: new blood vessel growth or disruption of blood vessels |
| Serosanguineous Exudate | -COLOR: light red, pink - CONSISTENCY: thin, watery -INDICATES: normal, healthy |
| Seropurulent Exudate | -COLOR: opaque, yellow, tan -CONSISTENCY: thin, watery -INDICATES: early warning for infection! |
| Purulent Exudate | -COLOR: yellow, green -CONSISTENCY: thick, viscous -INDICATES: infection!!! |
| Wound description: Pink granulation tissue | goals: Protect wound; maintain moist environment |
| Wound description: Moist yellow slough | goals: Debride necrotic tissue; Absorb drainage |
| Wound description: Black, thick Eschar firmly adhered | goal: Debride necrotic tissue |
| Abrasion | scraping surface layers of skin; trauma |
| Contusion | skin NOT broken; pain, swelling, discoloration |
| Hematoma | swelling or mass of blood localized in an organ, space, or tissue; caused by break in blood vessel |
| Laceration | irregular tear of tissues associated with trauma |
| Penetrating Wound | enters into interior of organ or cavity |
| Puncture | made by sharp object penetrating through skin to underlying tissues |
| Ulcer | lesion on surface of skin or mucous membrane, produced by the sloughing of inflammatory, necrotic tissue |
| 5 Key Functions of the Integumentary System | Vitamin D synthesis, Protection, Excretion of sweat, Sensation, Thermoregulation |