Classifying and Healing Our Wounds

A wound is an injury to living tissue caused by a cut, blow, or other impact, typically one in which the skin is cut or broken. The skin is the body’s largest organ, making up 15% of the human body. It is responsible for temperature and protection of the body from various external influences. Wound healing is the normal body response to injury, either surgical or traumatic, causing disruption of the integrity of tissues. Surgical wounds are classified according to their degree of microbiology (2014 Advanced Tissues).

Class I- clean- an uninfected operative wound in which no inflammation is encountered and the respiratory, alimentary, genital, or uninfected urinary tract is not entered. In addition, clean wounds are primarily closed and, if necessary, drained with closed drainage. Operative incision wounds that follow non penetrating trauma should be included in this category. If they meet the criteria Infection rate for class 1 wounds is 1%-5%. There is no drainage necessary these wounds are common in eye surgeries, small skin incisions, and vascular and neurological procedures. To be considered a clean wound, the procedure must consist of no pre-ruptures of membranes prior to the surgery (CDC Guideline 1999)

Include any wound that is open for drainage, as well as procedures that include the digestive, urinary, and respiratory tracts, yet entered without causing a lot of trauma to the tract. Other clean- contaminated wounds include procedures where an organ or part of the body has experienced a rupture.

Some common clean-contaminated procedures include ear surgery on an infected ear, the removal of pins or wires from previous surgeries as well as Cesarean Sections that include a rupture before the procedure is pref...

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... The final phase of healing, when scar tissue is formed. The wound have high bacterial content, wound with a long-time lapse since injury, or wounds with a severe crush component with significant time decitalization. Wound edges are approximated within 3-4 days and tensile strength develops with primary closure (Phases of Wound healing).

Complications of wound healing, there are various complications one can go threw during the process of wound healing. These types of situations can turn into life threatening situations and one must be able to recognize the seriousness of these signs and stop things that can arise before complications can turn vital. Wound bleeding may ooze, bleeding may indicate slipped sutures and trauma to blood vessels or tissues. Dehiscence may occur; this is when wound layers separate, patients may experience this after complications