What are the common causes of blisters and blebs?

What will be an ideal response?


? skin damage from burns
? excessive mechanical stress to the skin

Health Professions

You might also like to view...

Because of the property of viscoelasticity, when myofascial tissues are placed under a sustained load, they undergo creep. To induce creep in myofascia during bodywork, a practitioner need to apply

a. deep pressure quickly and hold for a short time. b. light pressure quickly and release immediately. c. deep pressure slowly and release before stretch occurs. d. deep pressure slowly and hold past the elastic limit.

Health Professions

Which of the following actions will maximize the life of the oscillator mechanism on a Care-Fusion 3100A High-frequency Oscillatory Ventilator?

a. Use low-bias flow settings. b. Minimize time and amplitude settings. c. Maintain the piston at the center of the bar graph. d. Keep the piston toward the maximum in-spiratory limit.

Health Professions

The pressure required to maintain alveolar inflation is known as which of the following?

a. Transairway pressure (PTA) b. Transthoracic pressure (PTT) c. Transrespiratory pressure (PTR) d. Transpulmonary pressure (PL)

Health Professions

If a patient's ECG rhythm shows any artifact, you should:

A) ensure the electrodes are applied firmly to the skin. B) reverse the limb leads to obtain a clearer ECG tracing. C) place the ground lead in a different anatomic location. D) remove the negative lead and reassess the cardiac rhythm.

Health Professions