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Wounds And Surgery

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  • Answer 23 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Surgery that is not emergency or mandatory and can be planned at the patients convenience






2. Excessive bleeding; bursting forth of blood






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






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






5. A stationary blood clot






6. Loss of sensation in an area of the body supplied by sensory nerve pathways.






7. Producing or containing pus






8. Incision and drainage; to cut and drain fluid






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






10. Bloody drainage






11. A localized swelling filled with blood






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






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






14. Inflammation of a vein






15. Clear drainage






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






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






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






19. Separation of wound edges






20. Pain or discomfort felt in an amputated limb






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






22. Loss of sensation to a limited area






23. Wound separation with protrusion of organs