Wounds & Surgery
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Anesthesia | a drug that will cause general or local insensibility to pain and other sensations |
| General anesthesia | a state of total unconsciousness resulting from anesthetic drugs (as for a major surgical operation) |
| Local anesthesia | Loss of sensation to a limited area |
| Regional anesthesia | Loss of sensation in an area of the body supplied by sensory nerve pathways. |
| Embolus | A clot that breaks lose and travels through the bloodstream. |
| Thrombus | a stationary blood clot |
| Dehiscence | separation of wound edges |
| Evisceration | wound separation with protrusion of organs |
| Hematoma | a localized swelling filled with blood |
| Hemorrhage | Excessive bleeding; bursting forth of blood |
| Sanguineous | bloody drainage |
| Serosanguineous | fluid drainage com-posed of serum and blood. |
| Serous | clear drainage |
| Purulent | producing or containing pus |
| Phlebitis | inflammation of a vein |
| Pressure ulcer | Inflammation, sore, or ulcer in the skin over a bony prominence. |
| Phantom pain | pain or discomfort felt in an amputated limb |
| Pneumothorax | air in the pleural cavity caused by a puncture of the lung or chest wall |
| Same-day surgery | admitted to hospital on day of surgery. This doesnt mean your discharged same day as surgery |
| Outpatient surgery | procedures performed on clients who return home the same day |
| Elective surgery | surgery that is not emergency or mandatory and can be planned at the patients convenience |
| Debride | To remove dead or damaged tissue or foreign material from a wound |
| I and D | incision and drainage; to cut and drain fluid |
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