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.