Wound care

"Wound healing refers to a living organism's replacement of destroyed or damaged tissue by newly produced tissue."

"In undamaged skin, the epidermis (surface, epithelial layer) and dermis (deeper, connective layer) form a protective barrier against the external environment."

"When the barrier is broken, a regulated sequence of biochemical events is set into motion to repair the damage."

"The process is divided into predictable phases: blood clotting (hemostasis), inflammation, tissue growth (cell proliferation), and tissue remodeling (maturation and cell differentiation)."

"Blood clotting may be considered to be part of the inflammation stage instead of a separate stage."

"Factors that contribute to non-healing chronic wounds are diabetes, venous or arterial disease, infection, and metabolic deficiencies of old age."

"Wound care encourages and speeds wound healing via cleaning and protection from reinjury or infection."

"Depending on each patient's needs, wound care can range from the simplest first aid to entire nursing specialties such as wound, ostomy, and continence nursing and burn center care."

"The epidermis serves as the surface, epithelial layer of undamaged skin, forming a protective barrier against the external environment."

"The blood clotting phase is part of the inflammation stage, and it helps in minimizing bleeding and sealing the wound."

"The wound healing process is not only complex but fragile, and it is susceptible to interruption or failure leading to the formation of non-healing chronic wounds."

"Tissue growth in wound healing involves cell proliferation, referring to the multiplication of cells to fill the wound."

"Tissue remodeling describes the maturation and differentiation of cells, resulting in the formation of new tissue."

"Diseases such as diabetes, venous or arterial disease, infection, and metabolic deficiencies of old age can contribute to non-healing chronic wounds."

"The objective of wound care is to speed up healing by providing cleaning and protection from reinjury or infection."

"Wound care can involve specialized fields such as wound, ostomy, and continence nursing, as well as care provided by burn centers."

"The wound healing process begins with the formation of a blood clot through hemostasis, followed by subsequent stages."

"The wound healing process is fragile because it can be easily interrupted or fail, leading to the development of non-healing chronic wounds."

"The dermis, which is the deeper, connective layer of undamaged skin, works together with the epidermis to form a protective barrier against the external environment."

"Inflammation is an essential stage in the wound healing process, and it is a part of the regulated sequence of events that occur to repair the damage."