This month we are discussing the patient with a skin complaint. In our first post, we reviewed the common lesions that may be seen in the correctional environment. Patients may also present with secondary lesions – those resulting from infection or manipulation of the skin. Below find a list of secondary lesions that are commonly occurring in the correctional environment. secondary lesions Scale is heaped-up…
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A 48-year-old woman, arrested for Driving Under the Influence, collapses in her jail cell and is pronounced dead of a pulmonary embolism after emergency transport to the nearby hospital. A lawsuit is settled by mediation and two staff members are disciplined for negligent behavior after an internal investigation. Keeping patients safe is fundamental to our roles as correctional health professionals….
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Ask any nurse who triages the medical requests or any nurse who conducts nurse sick call, and they will tell you that skin rashes and lesions are frequently a problem for our patients in the correctional environment. This has been attributed to a number of unique characteristics of the correctional environment, like being in close quarters, and patients with histories…
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