A patient is having a surgical procedure done to promote peripheral tissue perfusion in an extremity with full-thickness circumferential burns. What term should the nurse use to document this procedure?
a. Excision
b. Skin graft
c. Débridement
d. Escharotomy
ANS: D
If the patient has a circumferential burn an increase in tissue pressure secondary to tissue edema occurs. The burn then acts like a tourniquet, impeding arterial and venous flow. An escharotomy is immediately necessary to relieve this pressure. An escharotomy is a linear excision through the eschar to the superficial fat that allows for expansion of the skin and return of blood flow. A. Excision refers to cutting something out. B. A skin graft places new skin over a burn site. C. Débridement removes dead tissue.
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