Mechanisms of Burns
Burn
Depth
Depth
Zones of Injury & Conversion
Rule of Nines
Body System Damage
100
This type of burn is caused by exposure to a dry or wet source
What is a thermal burn?
100
This burn involves the epidermis, dermis, and subcutaneous layers
What is a full-thickness burn?
100
This is the area of greatest damage
What is the zone of coagulation?
100
These burns are not included in the rule of nines
What are superficial burns?
100
Fluid shifts may lead to this condition
What is burn shock? (hypovolemic shock)
200
This burn is caused by exposure to acid, alkali, or organic substances
What is a chemical burn?
200
This burn only involves the epidermis
What is a superficial burn?
200
This outermost area is red and blanches with pressure
What is the zone of hyperemia?
200
The front and back of the head represent this percent
What is 9 percent?
200
90% of burn patients experience this symptom
What is pruritus?
300
This burn results from low or high voltage
What is an electrical burn?
300
This burn involves all layers of the skin and may include muscle
What is subdermal/deep full-thickness burn?
300
This zone has both damaged and undamaged tissue
What is the zone of stasis?
300
The perineum represents this percent
What is 1%?
300
This is the leading cause of death in burn patients
What is a burn injury?
400
Cellular toxins are produced by these burns
What are radiation burns?
400
This burn involves the epidermis and the superficial dermal layer
What is superficial partial-thickness?
400
Name two factors for wound conversion
What are impaired tissue oxygenation, infection, mechanical trauma, and malnutrition?
400
The abdomen and chest represent this percentage
What is 18%?
400
Name 3 things to assess during a peripheral vascular assessment
What is pain, color, temperature, pulses, capillary refill, sensation and motor movement?
500
These burns result from exposure to severely cold temperature
What are extreme cold burns? (Frostbite)
500
This burn involves the epidermis and deep layers of the dermis
What is a deep partial-thickness burn?
500
It may take a wound this long to fully evolve
What is 72 hours?
500
Both legs, front and back, represent this percentage
What is 36%
500
This is the formula for calculating the amount of fluid resuscitation needed
What is 4ml X %BSA X Wt (kg)?
