Index

• Introduction
• Lessons
  • Lesson 1: Wound Healing and Wound Care.
    • 1-1. Wound Terminology
    • 1-2. Physiological Responses to Injury
    • 1-3. General Wound Care
    • 1-4 Specific Wound Care
    • 1-5. Steps of Wound Healing
    • 1-6 Closing
  • Lesson 2: Contaminated Wounds
    • 2-1. Introduction
    • 2-2. Factors Responsible for Infection
    • 2-3. Cardinal Signs and Symptoms of Wound Infection
    • 2-4. Gram-Positive Organism
    • 2-5. Gram-Negative Infections
  • Lesson 3: Burns
    • Section I: Severity and Causes of Burns
      • 3-01. Introduction
      • 3-02. Factors in Severity of Burn Injury
      • 3-03. Causes of Burns
    • Section II: Electrical, Lightning, Chemical, and Radiant Burns
      • 3-04. Electrical Burns
      • 3-05. Lightning Injuries
      • 3-06. Chemical Injuries
      • 3-07. Inhalation Injuries
      • 3-08. Radiant Burns
    • Section III: Thermal Burns
      • 3-09. General Information
      • 3-10. Determining the Depth of Thermal Burn (Degree of Thickness)
      • 3-11. Thermal Burns: Critical
      • 3-12. Thermal Burns: Moderate
      • 3-13. Thermal Burns: Minor
      • 3-14. Additional Factors in Thermal Burn Assessment
      • 3-15. Burn Depth Estimate
      • 3-16 Thermal Burns: The Rule of Nines
      • 3-17. Thermal Burns: Management
      • 3-18. Specialized Treatment
      • 3-19. Additional Concerns
    • Section IV: Fluid Replacement and Measurement of Urine Output
      • 3-20. Replace Fluids
      • 3-21. Calculate Fluid Amount
      • 3-22. Measure Urine Output
    • Section V: Topical Antimicrobial Dressings
      • 3-23. General Information
      • 3-24. Silver Sulfadiazine (Silvadener)
      • 3-25. Mafenide Acetate (Sulfamylon®)
      • 3-26. Silver Nitrate Dressing
      • 3-27. Closing
• Self Tests
  • Lesson 1: Self Test
  • Lesson 2: Self Test
  • Lesson 3: Self Test
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