Flashcards: Wound Care Fundamentals — 10 cartões

Wound — definition?

Disruption of skin or tissue integrity.

Wound—definition?

A disruption or break in skin or tissues.

Skin layers — function?

Protection, sensation, thermoregulation.

Acute wound—characteristic?

Occurs suddenly, heals within predictable timeframe.

Pressure injury stages — earliest?

Stage 1: non-blanchable erythema.

Chronic wound—example?

Diabetic ulcers.

Partial-thickness wound—involves?

Epidermis and possibly part of dermis.

Full-thickness wound—involves?

Entire dermis and underlying tissues.

Pressure injury—cause?

Prolonged pressure over bony areas.

Skin layers—outermost?

Epidermis.