Module 18 Wound Care: Lesson 3 Dressing

_____ _____ _____ are for wound healing by primary intention with little drainage. Disadvantage is that moisture evaporates quickly. Commonly used for abrasions and nondraining postoperative incisions - Dry gauze dressings ______ are gauze moistened with an appropriate solution. The primary purpose is to mechanically debride wounds, specifically full-thickness wounds healing by secondary intention and wounds with necrotic tissue. debriding products (+ moist-to-dry dressing): Autolytic debriding products are applied to wounds to allow the enzymes to self-digest dead tissue. Enzymatic debriding agents are applied directly to the wound bed and act by breaking down dead tissue. - Moist-to-dry dressings a dressing was placed over the patient's arm and shoulder to keep his arm in a flexed position - supports a wound site and promotes comfort A moist-to-dry dressing covers a wound healing by secondary intention to promote epithelialization - Maintaining a moist environment a pressure dressing was applied when the patient accidentally lacerated her finger on the saw - control of bleeding and drainag