Acute phase
Time range for acute phase.
What are 48–72 hours post injury.
Primary approach to burn patient in emergent phase.
What is ABCs: Establish airway, breathing, and circulation.
Consequence of electrical burns.
What is Visceral damage.
Three types of wound cleaning.
What are Hydrotherapy, Use of topical agents, and Wound dressing.
Position of graft site
What is immobilized.
Goals of care during acute phase.
What are prevention of infection, wound care, pain
management, and nutritional support are
priorities in this stage.
Nursing interventions to stop the injury (burn).
What are: extinguish flames, cool the burn, irrigate chemical burns
Complication so severe that leads to total body infection.
What is Sepsis.
Process by which endogenous phagocytic cells and proteolytic enzymes break down necrotic tissue
What is natural debridement.
The graft should be protected from
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What is friction.
Direction of flow of fluid in body compartments.
What is fluid reenters the vascular space from the interstitial space.
After primary interventions, how to ensure other body systems are unaffected.
What is assessment surveying all body systems and obtain a history of the incident and pertinent patient history.
Emergent respiratory complication of burns.
What is Acute respiratory failure.
the process of removing dead tissue from wounds.
What is wound debridement.
Grafts taken from self (patient)
What are autografts.
This electrolyte is lost with diuresis and due to dilution as fluid enter vascular space.
What is sodium and hyponatremia.
Other nursing interventions done in ED.
What are Remove restrictive objects and cover the wound, and start oxygen and large-bore IVs.
Weeping cells from burns results in this respiratory complication.
What is pulmonary edema.
Type of debridement that uses gauze.
What is mechanical debridement.
Grafts from a cadaver or living donor
What are allografts.
This electrolyte shifts from extracellular fluid into cells.
What is Potassium/hypokalemia.
Type of injury to look for with falls and electrical injuries.
What is cervical spine injury.
Cardiac complication of burns.
What is Heart failure.
Type of debridement that requires a surgeon.
What is surgical debridement.
Graft of a different species such as pork or beef, tilapia.
What are Heterografts.