For the patient in the previous question above, what do you first need to rule out before you can do that treatment? 

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

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

Which dressing/product can be used for autolytic debridement (i.e. the body’s natural healing process to remove dead tissue from a wound)?

For the above right heel pressure injury.  Which is the most important treatment intervention you can provide? 

A patient presents to the hospital with a lower leg wound he sustained from an alligator bite while golfing. He did not seek medical attention at first because he thought it would heal on its own, but now it is painful, has diffuse redness around the periwound, and has an odorous smell coming from it. It was discovered through culture results that the wound is infected with MRSA.  Which of the following would be antimicrobial dressings that could help the patient to heal?

You have evaluated a patient with a right medial lower extremity wound today. The wound bed is 80% granular, 20% yellow slough. There is moderate wound odor, and copious blue-green drainage on the dressings. The border is irregular and macerated.  The periwound is moderately edematous, with moderate distal hemosiderin deposition.  The patient states that his leg swells up throughout the day and weeps into his sock and shoe. You diagnose the underlying etiology as venous insufficiency and this is confirmed by the vascular surgeon, having tested the patient with a venous duplex scan with poor results, and a normal ABI bilaterally.  What form of debridement would you do/recommend?

Which of the following is correct with regards to the guidelines for staging a wound?

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?

For this wound, which is the accurate statement?