By Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
- A new bankruptcy on ordinary wounds
- Additional wound care remedies, together with hyperbaric oxygen and electric stimulation
- A new "Special consciousness" icon to deal with matters for the bariatric sufferer, together with dermis difficulties, wound administration and strain ulcer prevention
- "Best dressed" icon highlights pointers on dressing wounds and selecting wound dressings
- Hundreds of full-color wound graphics
- Key phrases outlined and defined, sincerely and simply
- "Memory board": visible mnemonics
- One-page "Vision Quest," a visually-oriented edition at the quite effortless! speedy Quiz
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Example text
Hemostasis Inflammation Proliferation Maturation Question: Which sign of failure to heal is caused by ischemia and requires wound debridement? 1. icravesitone 2. sciencehed 3. niceifnot 4. indd 22 Answers: Matchmaker 1. C, 2. D, 3. A, 4. B; My word! 1. Evisceration, 2. Dehiscence, 3. Infection, 4. Fistula; Question: Necrosis. 22 2/1/2011 8:30:36 PM Assess my wounds? How, pray tell, can mere words describe the depth of my despair? indd 23 Wound classification 24 Wound terminology 31 Wound drainage 33 Wound measurement 34 Wound documentation 36 Vision quest 38 1/29/2011 12:09:28 PM 24 Wound assessment Wound classification Assessment The words used to describe a wound must communicate the same thing to members of the health care team, insurance companies, regulators, the patient’s family and, ultimately, the patient himself.
Note the amount of solution administered. Keep the patient positioned to allow complete wound drainage (below right). indd 44 Clean and dry the skin. Use normal saline solution on the periwound skin, and then pat it dry with gauze. 4 Pack or dress the wound as ordered. 2/2/2011 12:27:08 PM Packing a wound Packing a wound Packing is used for mechanical debridement of a wound and to prevent surface healing before deep healing. The type of packing material used depends on the size of the wound and the amount of exudate.
To determine the appropriate dressing for your patient’s wound, start by assessing the periwound skin. ith Check w er. n practitio Red Has a yeast infection Use hydrocolloid wafer, paste, or powder. BROKEN and... ted Macera Change primary dressing. indd 47 Use petroleumbased ointment, zinc oxide, or barrier film on edges. Both Fragile and weeping Has lost the top layer of skin Hold with nonadherent dressing with stretch gauze or netting. 2/2/2011 12:27:22 PM 48 Wound care procedures Best dressed Step-by-step wound dressing Regardless of the dressing or topical agent you use, follow your facility’s protocol or the manufacturer’s instructions for applying the wound dressing.