types of burn
This type of burn is caused by flame, scalding or contact with hot objects.
What is a thermal burn
in this phase it is the time needed to resolve the immediate, life-threatening problems. can last up to 72 hours.
What is the emergent phase?
This is what we would do if we suspected a chemical burn.
These are are main concerns in the emergent phase.
What are hypovolemic shock and edema formation?
this part of the body burnt would equal 18%
What is anterior or posterior torso, entire right or left leg?
This is a cold thermal burn.
What is frostbite?
What would be our number one priority in the emergent phase?
This is the fluid we use in burn patients.
What is LR?
This is a complication in both the emergent and acute phase.
What is infection?
This part of the body, in it's entirety would constitute 9%
What is entire right or left arm or entire head and neck?
contact with acids, alkalis, and organic compounds. commonly found in household cleaners.
What is a chemical burn?
We use this formula to calculate how much fluid we need to give.
What is the parkland formula.
4mL x body weight in KG x %TBSA
These are the labs we would be concerned about in the emergent phase of a burn.
What are high potassium and low sodium and increased hematocrit?
These are complications during the acute phase.
What are paralytic ileus, constipation, stress ulcers, hyperglycemia, musculoskeletal complications?
A patient's entire head and neck are burnt, what percentage is burnt?
What is 9%?
breathing noxious chemicals or hot air. There are three types.
What are smoke and inhalation injury,
3 types are upper airway, lower airway, and metabolic asphyxiation
This phase begins with mobilization of extracellular fluid and results in diuresis.
What is the acute phase?
These are complications of an electrical burn.
What are AKI, dysrhythmias, iceberg effect and bone fractures?
These are complications in the emergent phase.
What are circulation, respiratory complications and well as AKI's.
A patient that has been burnt has continuous background pain and treatment induced pain. we control pain with this medication.
What is an opioid? such as morphine
This type of burn can cause muscle contractions hard enough to fracture your femur.
What is an electrical burn?
In the rehabilitation phase we would educate our patients on what?
Maintain adequate ROM, pressure garments 23 hours a day for unhealed wounds, use water based moisturizers for itching and sun protection.
This is the medication we use when we change the dressing on a burn patient.
What is silver sulfadiazine?
Patients are at risk for this following a burn injury. and what are the intervetions.
What is hypermetabolic state? start feeds within several hours.
All burn patients must receive this vaccination.
What is a tetanus shot?