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Wound healing: Primary Intention
Wound edges well approximated.
-Sutured incision, or simple laceration
Wound healing: Secondary Intention
Wound has distant edges and granulation tissue fills gap to close wound
Wound healing: Tertiary Intention
Wound close later with sutures.
-Wound must stay open until infection or wound contamination is healed
Phases of wound healing
1. Inflammatory
3-5 days, blood clots form at injury site and platelets release growth factors to
help scab form
scab
Phases of wound healing
2. Granulation
New vessels and collagen structures form
baby scar
,Phases of wound healing
3. Maturation
Scar contraction remodeling. Can last months or years
Mature scar
Braden scale
Asses risk for pressure ulcers
the lower the score, the higher the risk
Stage 1 pressure ulcer
Intact skin with non-blanchable redness
Stage 2 pressure ulcer
Partial thickness involving dermis and epidermis
Stage 3 pressure ulcer
Full thickness with visible fat
Stage 4 pressure ulcer
Full thickness with exposed bone, muscle, and tendons
What will the BUN and creatinine levels look like in dehydration?
Both will be elevated
, Urinary Incontinence
1. Stress
Leakage of urine during physical movement, ie. coughing/sneezing/exercising
Urinary Incontinence
2. Urge
Leakage at unexpected times, ie. during sleep
Urinary Incontinence
3. Functional
Urination due to a problem that prevents from reaching toilet
Urinary Incontinence
4. Overflow
Leakage due to a full bladder
Urinary Incontinence
5. Transient
Leakage that occurs temporarily due to UTI, infection, medication, pregnancy
Urinary Incontinence
6. Reflex
Involuntary leakage related to spinal cord damage, loss of urge to void