A patient with intellectual disability presents to the wound clinic for a pressure wound that is 100% covered in eschar and no signs of infection.  The wound measures 0.9×0.8×0.3cms.  The patient moves around during care and often vocalizes discomfort with light touching of the skin.  The most appropriate method of debridement for this patient would be:

Which of the following tests or lab values would contraindicate the use of compression wraps to treat a patient with edema?

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What dressings are used in the case of a MRSA infected wound?

When evaluating a wound, the clinician is able to slide a cotton tip applicator beneath the wound edge measuring 1.8 cms from 12-3:00 position.  This area should be documented as:

If the examiner cannot pinch the skin of the dorsum of the toe or finger, then this positive finding is associated with lymphedema. This physical examination test is called _________.

You have been asked to evaluate an elderly man in the nursing home who has a leg ulcer that has not healed in several months. During your evaluation, you observe that the wound is free of necrosis, has no odor, and minimal serous drainage.  Your assessment is that the wound is secondary to venous insufficiency, and is stuck in chronic proliferation.  Which of the following interventions is the best choice to use, in addition to the usual compression you would prescribe, in his treatment plan?

Photobiomodulation therapy increases ATP production, collagen production, and cell proliferation

You are evaluating a patient for a plantar diabetic foot ulcer, under the first metatarsal head. He has already seen a vascular surgeon who states that the patient has adequate blood flow for wound healing.  You test the patient’s sensation and he does have a loss of protective sensation.  The wound has minimal drainage, no odor, and is 30%slough and 70% pink granular.  His blood sugar this morning was normal.  What must be included in your plan for this patient in order to treat the underlying cause and allow the wound to close?

Using the “Rule of Nines”, estimate Jacob’s burn size.