NUR 2115 CSM Exam 2 Burns

NUR 2115 CSM Exam 2 Burns

• Types of burns

Thermal caused by heat, hot liquids, flames, steam

• Types of burns

chemical caused by alkali or acid substances

• types of burns

electrical caused by high voltage pt will have entrance/ exit wounds

• types of burns
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radiation

looks like a sunburn only impacts the epidermis

• describe the wound on an electrical burn patient

there will be a neat/tidy entrance wound and an exit wound that looks explosive/charred. The electrical current will follow path of least resistance, and there is no way of telling the extent on the burn injury on the inside of the body.

• describe the rule of nine

used to calculate the extent of the burn injury on how much of the body has been burned

• Rule of 9

Head and Neck

9% total (4.5% anterior and posterior)

• rule of 9

arms 2 / 3

9% total (4.5% each side) per arm 18%for both arms circumferentially

• rule of 9

torso split into anterior/posterior as well as superior/ inferior

Anterior Torso

18%

-superior and Inferior anterior torso = 9% each Posterior Torso

18%

• superior and inferior posterior torso 9% each

Total Circumferential Torso = 36%

• rule of 9

perineum

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