Week 2

Question 1

Explain the skin electro-polarity balance. How does disruption of the skin affect it?

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Question 2

What are the stages of healing?

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Question 3

Explain the inflammatory phase

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Question 4

What are the signs of the inflammatory phase?

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Question 5

Explain the proliferation phase

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Question 6

Explain the maturation/remodeling phase

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Question 7

Explain primary, secondary, and delayed primary wound closure types

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Question 8

Explain chronic wounds

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Question 9

Explain the abnormal wound healing characteristics when inflammation is absent, chronic inflammation, and hypo granulation/non advancing wound edges

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Question 10

Explain hyper granulation and hypertrophic scarring

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Question 11

Explain keloid scaring, contractures, and dehiscence

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Question 12

What factors affect acute wound healing? Chronic wounds?

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Question 13

List deterrents to expedient wound healing

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Question 14

How does mechanism of injury, time of onset, wound location, and wound dimensions affect the rate of healing?

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Question 15

How does temperature, wound hydration, necrotic tissue/foreign bodies, and infections affect rate of healing?

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Question 16

What are the local wound factors that can affect healing?

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Question 17

What are the systemic factors that can affect wound healing?

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Question 18

What are the patient related issues and clinician related issues that can lead to inappropriate wound management?

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Question 19

How are infections managed?

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Question 20

What are host and local factors that can increase the risk of infection?

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Question 21

What are the signs and symptoms of an infection?

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Question 22

Explain silent infections and wound cultures

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