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Wounds And Surgery

Instructions:
  • Answer 23 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Pain or discomfort felt in an amputated limb






2. Excessive bleeding; bursting forth of blood






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






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






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






6. Separation of wound edges






7. Wound separation with protrusion of organs






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






9. Producing or containing pus






10. Clear drainage






11. Bloody drainage






12. Loss of sensation to a limited area






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






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






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






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






17. Incision and drainage; to cut and drain fluid






18. Inflammation of a vein






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






20. A localized swelling filled with blood






21. A stationary blood clot






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






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