Types of Burns
The __________ burn is the mildest of depth of burn and only impacts the epidermal layer of skin.”
What is a superficial burn?
What are the main causes of death among people who initially survive a severe burn?
Bacterial Infections
Severe Dehydration
This burn produces redness,pain,and minor swelling
What is a superficial burn?
Thermal
Direct contact with heat
Most common form of burns
A new patient has arrived with decreased pain and blisters, absent capillary refill and the area of burn is dry. What degree of burn is this?
Full thickness
This classification of burn affects the epidermal and superficial dermis of the skin.
What is a superficial partial-thickness burn?
Which of these population groups has the highest risk for burns?
18- to 35-year-olds
What are the signs of pulmonary damage?
Electrical
Contact with high/low voltage electricity
Always a full thickness injury
Most destructive form
Usually has and enter and exit wound
What is the purpose of burn rehabilitation?
To prevent and treat burn scar contracture, deformity and hypertrophic scarring
This burn is the most serious type of burn and involves all the layers of the skin, muscles, and bone.
What is a fourth-degree burn?
You should get medical help right away if a second-degree (partial thickness) burn is larger than 3 inches in diameter, or if the burn is on certain areas of the body. Which parts of the body can be critical?
Hands
Feet
Any Major Joint
ALL of the above
This burn produces blisters, severe pain, and redness.
What is a partial thickness burn?
Chemical
Contact with caustic substance
Time of contact determines depth of injury
Removed with flushing amounts of water or brushed off
Examples: acids, alkalis, white phosphorous
What is the objective of positioning and splinting
Protective
Corrective
Assistive
These 2 types of burns are painful to temperature, air, and touch and to pressure only, respectively.
What are superficial and superficial partial thickness burns
Electrical burns can be caused by household current, certain batteries, and lightning. What should be done first after a person has an electrical burn?
Be sure the person is not in contact with the electrical source
There is no pain with this type burn
What is a full-thickness burn?
Radiant
Contact with radiation
Examples: sunburn, nuclear flash, X-rays, gamma rays
All of the following are criteria for admission to burn center
Partial thickness burns > 20% TBSA
Burns to hands, feet, genitalia, or major joints
Electrical injuries
EXCEPT: 5% TBSA to (R) thigh
The most destructive form of burn is?
Electrical
SPC Snuffy has sustained a deep-partial thickness burn to his left upper extremity and neck. He will require positioning and splinting. What splinting device will you use to prevent neck contractures?
(a) C-bar extension splint
(b) Head net
(c) Neck extension wedge
(d) The position of comfort
This automatic body response occurs immediately with a burn injury
What is fluid shifting?
Friction
Injury from friction can occur due to a combination of mechanical disruption of tissues and heat generated by friction.
Your patient is POD (post-op day) 2 for excision and grafting to LUE, L hand and LLE. The donor sites are on RLE and chest.
What positioning and splinting devices will you use?
(a) L arm sling, L long leg splint, R leg net, L hand splint, L elbow blank
(b) B arm slings, R long leg splint, L hand splint, L elbow blank, L leg splint
(c) L arm sling, R long leg splint, L leg net, L elbow blank, L hand splint
(d) None of the above