front 1 Dehiscence | back 1 separation of outer wound layers |
front 2 Evisceration | back 2 Rupturing of a wound (organs or inner tissue is hanging out of the wound) |
front 3 Eschar | back 3 hard, dry, leathery dead tissue (most commonly abdominal) |
front 4 Granulation tissue | back 4 new tissue growing on a wound |
front 5 Simustract | back 5 tunnel developing between two cavities in a wound - extends underneath the tissue |
front 6 surgical incisions | back 6 sharply defined edges: also called approximated- close together-touching |
front 7 Abrasions | back 7 superficial open wound cause by scraping |
front 8 Lacerations | back 8 open wound made by accidental cutting or tearing of tissue. common-knives. pieces of glass and metal |
front 9 puncture wounds | back 9 open wound when a sharp item pierces the skin. round hele that penetrates into deeper tissue |
front 10 penetrating wounds | back 10 similar to a puncture wound - object remains embedded in tissue -degree of damage upon size of the object & the tissue -DO NOT EVER REMOVE THE OBJECT! |
front 11 Pressure ulcers aka- pressure injury | back 11 wound resulting from pressure -may be superficial or very deep |
front 12 deep tissue injury | back 12 area over bony prominence that differs from surrounding tissue |
front 13 stages of pressure ulcer STAGE 1- erythema | back 13 generally over a bony prominence |
front 14 stages of pressure ulcer STAGE 2- partial thickness | back 14 loss of skin with exposed dermis; pink/red, moist, often a shallow open ulcer or intact/ruptured serum-filled blister |
front 15 stages of pressure ulcer STAGE 3- a full-thickness loss | back 15 loss with visible adipose |