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Wound Care_CNA
CHAPTER 32
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ABRASION | A PARTIAL-THICKNESS WOUND CAUSED BY THE SCRAPING AWAY OR RUBBING OF THE SKIN |
| ARTERIAL ULCER | AN OPEN WOUND ON THE LOWER LEGS OR FEET CAUSED BY POOR ARTERIAL BLOOD FLOW |
| CHRONIC WOUND | A WOUND THAT DOES NOT HEAL EASILY |
| CIRCULATORY ULCER | AN OPEN SORE ON THE LOWER LEGS OR FEET CAUSED BY DECREASED BLOOD FLOW THROUGH THE ARTERIES OR VEINS; VASCULAR ULCER |
| CLEAN-CONTAMINATED WOUND | OCCURS FROM THE SURGICAL ENTRY OF THE REPRODUCTIVE, URINARY, RESPIRATORY, OR GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM |
| CLEAN WOUND | A WOUND THAT IS NOT INFECTED; MICROBES HAVE NOT ENTERED THE WOUND |
| CLOSED WOUND | TISSUES ARE INJURED BUT THE SKIN IS NOT BROKEN |
| CONTAMINATED WOUND | A WOUND WITH A HIGH RISK OF INFECTION |
| CONTUSION | A CLOSED WOUND CAUSED BY A BLOW TO THE BODY; A BRUISE |
| DEHISCENCE | THE SEPARATION OF WOUND LAYERS |
| DIABETIC FOOT ULCER | AN OPEN WOUND ON THE FOOT CAUSED BY COMPLICATIONS FROM DIABETES |
| DIRTY WOUND | AN INFECTED WOUND |
| EDEMA | SWELLING CAUSED BY FLUID COLLECTING IN TISSUES |
| EPIDERMAL STRIPPING | REMOVING THE EPIDERMIS (OUTER SKIN LAYER) AS TAPE IS REMOVED FROM THE SKIN |
| EVISCERATION | THE SEPARATION OF THE WOUND ALONG WITH THE PROTRUSION OF ABDOMINAL ORGANS |
| FULL-THICKNESS WOUND | THE DERMIS, EPIDERMIS, AND SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE ARE PENETRATED; MUSCLE AND BONE MAY BE INVOLVED |
| GANGRENE | A CONDITION IN WHICH THERE IS DEATH OF TISSUE |
| HEMATOMA | A SWELLING (OMA) THAT CONTAINS BLOOD (HEMAT) |
| HEMORRHAGE | THE EXCESSIVE LOSS OF BLOOD IN A SHORT TIME |
| INCISION | AN OPEN WOUND WITH CLEAN, STRAIGHT EDGES; USUALLY INTENTIONAL FROM A SHARP INSTRUMENT |
| INFECTED WOUND | A WOUND CONTAINING LARGE AMOUNTS OF MICROBES THAT SHOW SIGNS OF A DIRTY WOUND |
| INTENTIONAL WOUND | A WOUND CREATED FOR THERAPY |
| LACERATION | AN OPEN WOUND WITH TORN TISSUES AND JAGGGED EDGES |
| OPEN-WOUND | THE SKIN OR MUCOUS MEMBRANE IS BROKEN |
| PARTIAL-THICKNESS WOUND | THE DERMIS AND EPIDERMIS OF THE SKIN ARE BROKEN |
| PENETRATING WOUND | AN OPEN WOUND IN WHICH THE SKIN AND UNDERLYING TISSUES ARE PIERCED |
| PHLEBITIS | INFLAMMATION (ITIS) OF A VEIN (PHLEB) |
| PRESSURE ULCER | A LOCALIZED INJURY TO THE SKIN AND/OR UNDERLYING TISSUE USUALLY OVER A BONY PROMINENCE; THE RESULT OF PRESSURE OR PRESSURE IN COMBINATION WITH SHEAR AND/OR FRICTION |
| PUNCTURE WOUND | AN OPEN WOUND MADE BY A SHARP OBJECT; ENTRY OF THE SKIN AND UNDERLYING TISSUES MAY BE INTENTIONAL OR UNINTENTIONAL |
| PURULENT DRAINAGE | THICK GREEN, YELLOW, OR BROWN DRAINAGE |
| SANGUINEOUS DRAINAGE | BLOODY (SANGUIS) DRAINAGE |
| SEROSANGUINEOUS DRAINAGE | THIN, WATERY DRAINAGE (SERO) THAT IS BLOOD-TINGED (SANGUINEOUS) |
| SEROUS DRAINAGE | CLEAR, WATERY FLUID (SERUM) |
| SHOCK | RESULTS WHEN TISSUES DO NOT GET ENOUGH BLOOD |
| SKIN TEAR | A break or rip in the skin; the epidermis (top skin layer) separates from the underlying tissues |
| STASIS ULCER | VENOUS ULCER |
| TRAUMA | AN ACCIDENT OR VIOLENT ACT THAT INJURES THE SKIN, MUCOUS MEMBRANES, BONES, AND ORGANS |
| ULCER | A SHALLOW OR DEEP CRATER-LIKE SORE OF THE SKIN OR A MUCOUS MEMBRANE |
| UNINTENTIONAL WOUND | A WOUND RESULTING FROM TRAUMA |
| VASCULAR ULCER | A CIRCULATORY ULCER |
| VENOUS ULCER | AN OPEN SORE ON THE LOWER LEGS OR FEET CAUSED BY POOR BLOOD FLOW THROUGH THE VEINS; STASIS ULCER |
| WOUND | A BREAK IN THE SKIN OR MUCOUS MEMBRANE |
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