Burn Types
A sunburn is an example of this type of burn.
What is a first degree/superficial burn?
What is greasy substances?
A burn caused by exposure to flame or hot object.
What is a thermal burn?
These types of burns should seek medical attention immediately.
This burn is the mildest of burns and is limited to top layer of skin.
What is a superficial/1st degree burn?
It's the amount of time a burn should be irrigated.
What is 10-20 mins?
This cause for a burn produces heat causing also a thermal damage.
What is an electricity?
What is weld flash?
A key sign for this burn is a blister being present.
What is a partial thickness burn/2nd degree burn?
This is a document providing detailed health and safety info for chemicals.
What is SDS (safety data sheet)?
These burns happen when something rubs against your body hard enough to generate heat.
What is a friction burn?
These are the two most popular ways to measure burns in adults.
What is Total Body Surface Area (TBSA) and Rule of Nines?
The most severe burn that involves all layers of skin and underlying tissue.
What is a full thickness burn/3rd degree burn?
What is sterile and non-adherent?
This type of burn is caused by a substance that can be acidic (acids) or alkaline (bases) that try to react with your cells and destroy them.
What is a chemical burn?
This way of measuring burns can NOT be used for measuring a burn on a child.
What is TBSA?
This burn does not cause pain.
What is a full thickness/ 3rd degree burn?
This should be removed from the individual who has been burned.
What is tight clothing, jewelry, and watches?
This type of burn has causes that can be found in a tanning salon but also in a medical setting.
What is a radiation burn?
These two common assessments can be seen on an individual with inhalation burns with a fire.
What is soot around nose and mouth and a respiratory sound called stridor?