Correct Answers
Transparent Film Dressing - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Traps wounds moisture over the wound;
ideal for small superficial wounds; can remain in place for up to 5-7 days; allows visual
assessment of wound bed without removing dressing
Impregnated Non-Adherent Dressing - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Covers, soothes, and protects
partial- and full-thickness wounds without exudate; ideal for postoperative dressing over staples
or sutures and superficial burns
Hydrocolloid Dressing - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔gel forming polymer such as gelatin, pectin, and
carboxymethylcellulose with a strong film or foam adhesive backing. absorb exudate by swelling
into a gel like mass and vary from being occlusive to semi permeable. does not attach to actual
wound itself and is instead anchored to intact skin surrounding the wound.
Clear Absorbent Acrylic Dressing - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Transparent membrane for easy
wound assessment; maintains moist wound healing; can be used with alginates to provide
packing to deeper wound beds
Hydrogel Dressing - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Liquefy necrotic tissue or slough; rehydrate wound
bed; fill in dead space; ideal for pressure ulcers, skin tears, partial-thickness wounds
Polyurethane Foam Dressing - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Foamed polymer sheets with small open
cells that hold wound exudate away from the wound bed; Protect wound surface while
maintaining a moist, insulated environment; not appropriate if the wound is tunneling because
the dressing expands which can enlarge the tunnel
, Alginate Dressing - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Soft, absorbent, cotton like, for wounds with exudate,
require packing and absorption, absorb a TON; forms a gelatinous mass to absorb exudate; ideal
for venous stasis ulcers and chemical debridement wounds
Collagen Dressing - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔gels/pads; help to promote wound healing &
granulation; nonadherent , no added skin irritant
absorb some; good for partial and full thickness wounds ; derived from pig or cow sources
Dihiscence - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔The separation of wound layers
Evisceration - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔protrusion of viscera through an incision
Hemorrhage - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Excessive or profuse bleeding
Hematoma - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔a solid swelling of clotted blood within the tissues.
Debridement - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔removal of foreign material and dead or damaged tissue
from a wound
Bandage - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔A strip of cloth used to wrap some part of the body
Binder - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔A type of bandage designed for a specific body part
Cold therapy causes ________________ - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Vasoconstriction
Cold therapy is ideal for ______________ - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔sports injures like sprains,
fractures, and swelling.