Dressings Flashcards
(23 cards)
What type of dressing provides these advantages:
- Readily available
- Can be moistened
- Absorbent
Gauze
What type of dressing are these disadvantages of:
- Not an effective barrier to infection, particularly when moist. Removal often results in pain and inadvertent damage to the healing wound bed.
- Fibers can be left in the wound.
- Time-consuming, labor-intensive
Gauze
What type of dressing has these uses:
- Packing in all types of wounds.
- Cover dressing.
- Absorbing exudate from a heavily draining wound.
Gauze
What type of dressing is available in:
- Many sizes and configurations
- May be impregnated with antibiotics, petrolatum, or other materials
Gauze
What type of dressing provides these advantages:
- Prevent bacteria and fluids from entering the wound but allow oxygen and water vapor to move through the dressing.
- Keep the body’s own wound fluid next to the wound bed, thus maintaining a moist environment
Transparent film, adhesive-backed polyurethane
What type of dressing are these disadvantages of:
- not absorbent
Transparent film, adhesive-backed polyurethane
What type of dressing has these uses:
- Wounds that have minimal or no drainage
- Autolytic debridement
Transparent film, adhesive-backed polyurethane AND gels
What type of dressing is available in:
- Many shapes and sizes
- Can be trimmed to fit an area
Transparent film, adhesive-backed polyurethane
What type of dressing has these advantages:
- Absorbs a small to moderate amount of drainage over a 30 to 7-day period, forming a gel as drainage is absorbed.
- Provides a moist wound environment. Absorbent capabilities prevent the wound bed and surrounding tissue from becoming too wet.
Hydrocolloids, occlusive, adhesive dressings composed of gelling agents and carboxyethyl-cellulose
What type of dressing has these disadvantages:
- Long wear time makes this dressing inappropriate for infected wounds
Hydrocolloids, occlusive, adhesive dressings composed of gelling agents and carboxymethyl-cellulose
What type of dressing is used for:
- Autolytic debridement
- Used with clean, uninfected wounds with small to moderate amounts of drainage
Hydrocolloids, occlusive, adhesive dressings composed of gelling agents and carboxymethyl-cellulose
What type of dressing is available in:
- Multiple shapes, sizes, and thicknesses that can be trimmed to fit an area
Hydrocolloids, occlusive, adhesive dressings composed of gelling agents and carboxymethyl-cellulose
What type of dressings have these advantages:
- Pull fluid away from the wound bed yet maintain a moist wound environment
- Can be used over enzymatic debriding agents or gels
Foams
What type of dressings have these disadvantages:
- Should not be used for wounds with only a small amount of drainage
- May absorb the enzymatic agent when used together
Foams
What type of dressings have these uses:
- Wounds producing moderate to heavy amounts of exudates
Foams
What type of dressings are available in:
- A wide variety of sizes, shapes, and configuration, including sheets, rolls, and “pillows” designed to fill cavities
Foams
What type of dressing has these advantages:
- Highly absorbent
- Nonadhesive, nonocclusive
- Usable in a variety of wounds
- Can be combined with foam or another dressing type to increase absorbency. Homeostatic property.
- Decrease the frequency of dressing changes
Alginates, made from brown seaweed fiber
What type of dressing has these disadvantages:
- Avoided in dry wounds
Alginates, made from brown seaweed fiber
What type of dressing has these uses:
- Highly exudative wounds
- Use on bleeding wounds
Alginates, made from brown seaweed fiber
What type of dressing is available in:
- Different sizes of sheets and ropes available
Alginates, made from brown seaweed fiber
What type of dressing has these advantages:
- Add moisture to a wound
- Allow autolytic debridement and wound healing to occur
Gels
What type of dressing has these disadvantages:
- Not absorbent, thus inappropriate for wounds with exudate
- Can cause maceration of periwound skin
Gels
What type of dressing is available in:
- Tube and sheet versions available in different sizes
Gels
