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A site that has been burned and requires a graft?
RECIPIENT SITE
Pressure garments?
A CUSTOM MADE GARMENT THAT APPLIES SUSTAINED PRESSURE IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THE STRUCTURE OF A SCAR.
How long are pressure garments worm for?
22-23 HOURS PER DAY
A surgical procedure to eliminate a scar contracture. An incision in the shape of a "z" allows the contracture to change configuration and lengthen the scar?
Z-PLASTY
Full thickness skin graft?
A SKIN GRAFT THAT CONTAINS THE DERMIS AND THE EPIDERMIS
A skin graft that contains only a superficial layer of the dermis in addition to the epidermis?
SPLIT-THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT
Transferred directly from the donor site to the recipient site?
SHEET GRAFT
Mesh graft?
A SKIN GRAFT THAT IS ALTERED TO CREATE A MESH-LIKE PATTERN IN ORDER TO COVER A LARGER SURFACE AREA.
A temporary skin graft taken from another species?
HETEROGRAFT (XENOGRAFT)
True/False

Allografts are permanent.
FALSE

TEMPORARY
What are the differences between an allograft and an autograft?
*allografts are from another human and are TEMPORARY

*autografts are from the same person and are PERMANENT
Autograft?
A PERMANENT SKIN GRAFT TAKEN FROM A DONOR SITE ON THE PATIENT'S OWN BODY.
Allograft?
A TEMPORARY SKIN GRAFT TAKEN FROM ANOTHER HUMAN, USUALLY A CADAVER, IN ORDER TO COVER A LARGE BURNED AREA.
Rule of nines/bilateral posterior leg and foot?
18%
Rule of nines/bilateral leg and foot?
18%
Rule of nines/genital region?
1%
Rule of nines/bilateral posterior arm, forearm, and hand?
9%
Rule of nines bilateral anterior arm, forearm, and hand?
9%
Rule of nines/posterior trunk?
18%
Rule of nines/anterior trunk?
18%
Rule of nines/head and neck?
9%
Zone of hyperemia?
THE AREA SURROUNDS THE ZONE OF STASIS THAT PRESENTS WITH INFLAMMATION, BUT WILL FULLY RECOVER WITHOUT ANY INTERVENTION OR PERMANENT DAMAGE
Zone of stasis?
THE ARE OF LESS SEVERE INJURY THAT POSSESSES REVERSIBLE DAMAGE AND SURROUNDS THE ZONE OF COAGULATION
Zone of coagulation?
THE AREA OF THE BURN THAT RECEIVED THE MOST SEVERE INJURY ALONG WITH IRREVERSIBLE CELL DAMAGE
This type of burn heals with hypertrphic scars a
DEEP PARTIAL-THICKNESS BURNS
These two burns heal the minimal to no scarring?
*SUPERFICIAL BURN
*SUPERFICIAL PARTIAL-THICKNESS BURN
Patients with this kind of burn require grafts which may be susceptible to infection?
FULL THICKNESS BURN
Name the 3 zones of injury?
*ZONE OF COAGULATION
*ZONE OF STASIS
*ZONE OF HYPEREMIA
Complete destruction of the epidermis, dermis, and subcutaneous tissue?
SUBDERMAL BURN
A full-thickness burn involves what areas of the skin?
COMPLETE DESTRUCTION OF THE EPIDERMIS AND DERMIS ALONG WITH PARTIAL DAMAGE TO THE SUBCUTANEOUS FAT LAYER
This kind of burn involves complete destruction of the epidermis and the MAJORITY of the dermis?
DEEP PARTIAL THICKNESS
This kind of burn involves the epidermis and the UPPER portion of the dermis?
SUPERFICIAL PARTIAL-THICKNESS BURN
A superficial burn involves what part of the skin?
EPIDERMIS
How are burns classified?
ACCORDING TO THE DEPTH OF PENETRATION
What are the three types of burns?
*THERMAL
*ELECTRICAL
*CHEMICAL
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