Wound Care

What are the ABC's of wound care?

• Awake, Be aware, Compensate,

• Act, Be careful, Control

• Alert, Bleeding, Compression

What are some complications of open wounds? Select all that apply

• excessive bleeding

• infection

• tetanus infection

• loss of limb

What should you do during the "Alert" portion of wound care ABC's

• Call 911

• Call 811

• Call 311

• Call 511

What should you do during the "Bleeding" portion of wound care ABC's?

• find source of bleeding

• look for large volume bleeding

• look for pool of blood

• look for continuous bleeding

You should apply compression/a tourniquet during the C stage of wound care ABC's

• True

• False

What should you do during the compression stage?

• keep compression till help arrives

• keep packing sterile gauze on top of wound

• apply tourniquet with an injury that has minimal bleeding

• remove sterile gauze even if bleeding stops

when should you apply a tourniquet?

• when there is excessive bleeding

• when there is minimal bleeding

• when there is a speck of blood

A tourniquet can be applied over clothes

• True

• False

Where should you apply a tourniquet?

• 2-3 inches above the wound

• 3-4 inches above the wound

• 1-2 inches above the wound

• 1-4 inches above the wound

You can only apply a tourniquet on the limbs

• True

• False