1. Closed wound
Answer
Exists when there are no breaks in the skin. Contusions or swelling from fractures are common.
2. open wound
Answer
an injury in which the skin is interrupted, exposing the tissue beneath
3. acute wound
Answer
A wound that is expected to be of short duration. In a healthy person these wounds heal
spontaneously without complications through the three phases of wound healing.
4. Chronic wound
Answer
Wounds that exceed the expected length of recovery usually because of natural healing process
has been interrupted or stalled because of infection continued trauma ischemia or edema. These
wounds include pressure injury or arterial, Venus, and diabetic ulcers. These wounds are
frequently colonized with several types of bacteria and healing is slow due to the underlying
disease process.
5. Clean wounds
Answer
an uninfected wound with minimal inflammation
6. Clean contaminated wounds
Answer
Surgical incisions that enter the GI, respiratory, or genital urinary tracts. There is an increased
risk of infection for these wounds but there is no obvious infection
,7. Contaminated wounds
Answer
Include open traumatic wounds or surgical incisions in which a major break in asepsis occurred.
The risk of infection is high for these wounds
8. Infected wounds
Answer
Are those in which the bacteria in the wound are above 100,000 organisms per gram of tissue
9. Abrasion
Answer
A scrape of the superficial layers of the skin usually unintended but may be performed
intentionally for cosmetic purposes to smooth skin surfaces
10. Abscess
Answer
A localized collection of pus resulting from invasion from a pyrogenic bacterium or other
pathogens must be opened and drained to heal
11. Contusion
Answer
A closed wound caused by blunt trauma may be referred to as a bruise or ecchymosis
12. Crushing
Answer
A wound caused by force leading to compression or disruption of tissues often associated with
fracture usually there is a minimal or no break in the skin
13. Excoriation
Answer
Superficial wound usually self-inflicted due to excessive scratching or mechanical forces
, 14. Incision
Answer
An open intentional wound caused by a sharp instrument
15. Laceration
Answer
The skin or mucous membranes are torn open resulting in a wound with jagged margins
16. Penetrating
Answer
An open wound in which the agent causing the wound lodges in the body tissue
17. Puncture
Answer
An open wound by a sharp object often there is a collapse of tissue around the entry point
making this wound prone to infection
18. Tunnel
Answer
A wound with entrance and exit sites
19. Superficial wounds
Answer
Involve only the epidermis layer of the skin the injury is usually the result of friction shearing
or burning
20. Partial thickness wounds
Answer
Extend through the epidermis but not through the dermis
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