Surgical and Wound Care
Surgical and Wound CareAnesthesiaAllied Health
Anesthesiageneral or local insensibility, as to pain and other sensation, induced by certain interventions or drugs to permit the performance of surgery or other painful procedures
General AnesthesiaAnesthesia characterized by unconsciousness, muscle relaxation, and loss of sensation over the entire body and resulting from the administration of a general anesthetic agent
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Think about dental fillingsRegional AnesthesiaThe loss of feeling or sensation in a large area of the body
Think about an epidural during laborEmbolusA blood clot that travels through the vascular system until it lodges in a blood vessel
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DehiscenceThe separation of wound layers
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EviscerationThe separation of a wound along with the protrusion of abdominal organs
HematomaA swelling that contains blood
HemorrhageThe excessive loss of blood in a short time
SanguineousBloody drainage
SerosanguineousThin watery drainage that is blood tinged.
Serousclear watery fluid (serum)
PurulentThick green, yellow, or brown drainage
PhlebitisInflammation of a vein
Pressure ulcerA localized injury to the skin and /or underlying tissue usually over a bony prominence; the result of pressure in combination with shear and/or friction IncisionAn open wound with clean, straight edges: usually intentional from a sharp instrument.
Phantom painPain felt in a body part that is no longer there
PneumothoraxAir in the pleural space
SameDay surgeryor Outpatient surgerySurgery that does not require an admission to the hospital for an overnight stay.
Elective surgerySurgery that isnt an emergency. A surgeon recommends it, but the patient can refuse the procedure without life threatening consequences.