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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. Procedures performed on clients who return home the same day






2. Producing or containing pus






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






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






5. Inflammation of a vein






6. Excessive bleeding; bursting forth of blood






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






8. Clear drainage






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






10. Wound separation with protrusion of organs






11. Loss of sensation to a limited area






12. Separation of wound edges






13. Bloody drainage






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






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






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






17. A stationary blood clot






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






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






20. A localized swelling filled with blood






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






22. Incision and drainage; to cut and drain fluid






23. Pain or discomfort felt in an amputated limb