It's getting HOT in here
Red, painful skin with no blisters affecting only the epidermis.
What is a superficial burn?
The formula used to calculate burn fluid needs.
What is the Parkland Formula?
Genitals/perineum equal this percent.
What is 1%?
Color for minor injuries / walking wounded.
What is green?
FIRST priority in a major burn.
What is Airway management?
The most reliable indicator of burn depth in the first few hours.
What is sensation/pain level?
What is the Parkland Formula?
2-4mL × kg × %TBSA?
A patient has burns on:Entire right arm, Anterior trunk, and Front of left leg. What is the %TBSA burned?
Right arm = 9%
Anterior trunk = 18%
Front of one leg = 9%
Total = 36%
Color for immediate life-threatening but treatable.
What is red?
Sign of inhalation injury:
soot, singed hair, and hoarseness.
Blisters, moist appearance, very painful, involves epidermis + part of dermis.
What is a partial-thickness burn?
The best indicator that fluid resuscitation is working.
What is urine output?
A patient has red, blistered burns to one entire leg. The nurse calculates TBSA to determine if Parkland fluids are needed. What %TBSA?
Entire leg = 18%
Color for serious but can wait.
What is yellow?
Why burn patients get NG tubes.
What is prevent gastric distention/ileus?
Waxy, white, leathery, or charred skin with little to no pain
What is a partial full-thickness burn?
A154lb patient has 40% TBSA burns.
How many mL in the first 8 hours?
5,600ml
A burn involves entire head,entire left leg, and perineum
Head = 9%
Leg = 18%
Perineum = 1%
Total = 28%
Color for expectant/deceased.
What is black?
Reason for tetanus shot in burn patients.
What is infection prevention?
Burn that extends into muscle, bone, or fat.
What is full thickness?
The burn occurred at 10:00 AM. It is now 12:00 PM. The patient needs 5,600 mL in the first 8 hours. How many mL/hr should the nurse set the pump to?
933 mL/hr
A 90-kg patient has burns to:
Entire right leg
Posterior trunk
Perineum
Burn occurred at 8 AM. It is now 11 AM.
What should the IV rate be?
STEP 1: TBSA
Right leg = 18%
Posterior trunk = 18%
Perineum = 1%
Total = 37%
STEP 2: Parkland
4 × 90 × 37 = 13,320 mL
STEP 3: First 8 hours
13,320 ÷ 2 = 6,660 mL
Time left
First 8 hrs = 8 AM → 4 PM
3 hours passed → 5 hours left
6,660 ÷ 5 = 1,332 mL/hr
✅ FINAL ANSWER: 1,332 mL/hr
Respirations >30, cap refill >2 sec, cannot follow commands = this triage level.
What is red tag?
Medication given for pain in severe burns (IV).
What is Morphine or Fentanyl?