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EMORY DPT GMC: Nutrition and Wound
Management (Etiologies) Questions and
Correct Answers
What are the Wound Etiology categories? Ans: Pressure
Arterial
Venous
Neuropathic (Instead of Diabetic)
Infection
Dermatological
What is the Stage 1 of a Pressure Ulcer?
What is liva mortis? Ans: Non-blanchable erythema - Intact skin
with non-blanchable redness of a localized area usually over a
bony prominence.
Darkly pigmented skin may not have visible blanching, its color
may differ from the surrounding area.
. Presence of blanchable erythema or changes in sensation,
temperature or firmness may precede visual changes. Color
changes do not include purple or maroon discoloration, these may
indicate deep tissue pressure injury.
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when pressure is applied there is not any color that returns to the
area when pressure released??
What is stage 2 of a pressure ulcer? Ans: Partial thickness loss of
dermis presenting as a shallow open ulcer with a red pink wound
bed, without slough. May also present as an intact or
open/ruptured serum filled or sero-sanguinous filled blister.
Stage II - Pressure Injury: Partial-thickness skin loss with exposed
dermis
Partial-thickness loss of skin with exposed dermis. The wound bed
is viable, pink or red, moist and may also present as an intact or
ruptured serum-filed blister. Adipose (fat) is not visible and deeper
tissues are not visible. Granulation tissue, slough and eschar are
not present. These injuries commonly result from adverse
microclimate and shear in the skin over the pelvis and shear in the
heel. This stage should not be used to describe moisture
associated skin damage (MASD) including incontinence associated
dermatitis (IAD), intertriginous dermatitis (ITD), medical adhesive
related skin injury (MARSI), or traumatic wounds (skin tears burns
, abrasions)
What is stage 3 of a pressure ulcer? Ans: Full-thickness tissue loss.
Subcutaneous fat may be visible but bone, tendon or muscle are
not exposed. Slough may be present but does not obscure the
depth of tissue loss. May include undermining and tunneling.
Stage 3 Pressure Injury: Full-thickness skin loss
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EMORY DPT GMC: Nutrition and Wound
Management (Etiologies) Questions and
Correct Answers
What are the Wound Etiology categories? Ans: Pressure
Arterial
Venous
Neuropathic (Instead of Diabetic)
Infection
Dermatological
What is the Stage 1 of a Pressure Ulcer?
What is liva mortis? Ans: Non-blanchable erythema - Intact skin
with non-blanchable redness of a localized area usually over a
bony prominence.
Darkly pigmented skin may not have visible blanching, its color
may differ from the surrounding area.
. Presence of blanchable erythema or changes in sensation,
temperature or firmness may precede visual changes. Color
changes do not include purple or maroon discoloration, these may
indicate deep tissue pressure injury.
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when pressure is applied there is not any color that returns to the
area when pressure released??
What is stage 2 of a pressure ulcer? Ans: Partial thickness loss of
dermis presenting as a shallow open ulcer with a red pink wound
bed, without slough. May also present as an intact or
open/ruptured serum filled or sero-sanguinous filled blister.
Stage II - Pressure Injury: Partial-thickness skin loss with exposed
dermis
Partial-thickness loss of skin with exposed dermis. The wound bed
is viable, pink or red, moist and may also present as an intact or
ruptured serum-filed blister. Adipose (fat) is not visible and deeper
tissues are not visible. Granulation tissue, slough and eschar are
not present. These injuries commonly result from adverse
microclimate and shear in the skin over the pelvis and shear in the
heel. This stage should not be used to describe moisture
associated skin damage (MASD) including incontinence associated
dermatitis (IAD), intertriginous dermatitis (ITD), medical adhesive
related skin injury (MARSI), or traumatic wounds (skin tears burns
, abrasions)
What is stage 3 of a pressure ulcer? Ans: Full-thickness tissue loss.
Subcutaneous fat may be visible but bone, tendon or muscle are
not exposed. Slough may be present but does not obscure the
depth of tissue loss. May include undermining and tunneling.
Stage 3 Pressure Injury: Full-thickness skin loss
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