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Wounds And Surgery

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  • Answer 23 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Loss of sensation in an area of the body supplied by sensory nerve pathways.






2. Wound separation with protrusion of organs






3. Admitted to hospital on day of surgery. This doesnt mean your discharged same day as surgery






4. A drug that will cause general or local insensibility to pain and other sensations






5. A localized swelling filled with blood






6. Separation of wound edges






7. Inflammation of a vein






8. Pain or discomfort felt in an amputated limb






9. Producing or containing pus






10. A clot that breaks lose and travels through the bloodstream.






11. To remove dead or damaged tissue or foreign material from a wound






12. Procedures performed on clients who return home the same day






13. Bloody drainage






14. Excessive bleeding; bursting forth of blood






15. Incision and drainage; to cut and drain fluid






16. Surgery that is not emergency or mandatory and can be planned at the patients convenience






17. Clear drainage






18. A state of total unconsciousness resulting from anesthetic drugs (as for a major surgical operation)






19. Inflammation - sore - or ulcer in the skin over a bony prominence.






20. fluid drainage com-posed of serum and blood.






21. Air in the pleural cavity caused by a puncture of the lung or chest wall






22. A stationary blood clot






23. Loss of sensation to a limited area