| A | B |
|---|
| A traumatic wound described as the scraping away of a portion of skin. | Abrasion |
| A torn, irregular, ragged-edged appearing wound | Laceration |
| A wound made by a sharp pointed object. | Puncture wound |
| An injury in which the skin is not broken; a bruise. | Contusion |
| A wound which results in a hole such as that caused by ulceration or may occur accidentaly during surgery. | Perforation |
| An injury caused by squeezing or force of pressure. | Crush wound |
| Redness, heat, swelling, and pain. | Cardinal signs/symptoms of the inflammatory process |
| Most desirable type of wound healing; occurs when conditions are optimal. | Primary Intention |
| A more complicated type of wound healing ; wound edges left open as healing occurs from inside out. | Second Intention |
| Type of closure for significantly contaminated wounds. Primary closure is delayed. | Third Intention |
| Infection, pt. age, nutrition status, physical status, surgical technique. | Factors Affecting Wound Healing |
| A separation of tissue layers of a surgical wound postoperatively | Dehisence |
| An emergency situation due to the unintended protrusion of abdominal contents through separated wound edges. | Evisceration |
| Wound classification: Incision made in ideal conditions, no breaks in sterile technique, no body tracts entered. | Class I: Clean Surgical Wound |
| Wound classification: a body tract is entered under controlled situations, no infection, primary closure occurs, wound drained. | Class II: Clean-Contaminsted Surgical Wound |
| Wound classification: Gross contaimination from GI tract or an open, fresh traumatic wound. | Class III: Contaminated Surgical Wound |
| Wound Classification: Infection is present or necrotic tissue or fecal contamination is encountered. | Class IV: Dirty/Infected Surgical Wound |
