Burn Basics
What degree of burn is the most painful?
What is a 2nd-degree burn?
We use the Rule of 7s to describe burn size, True or False?
What is False? (It’s the Rule of 9s.)
What nursing diagnoses are common in burn care?
What are impaired gas exchange, impaired skin integrity, fluid volume deficit, pain, impaired mobility, and risk for infection?
What tool is used to predict pressure injury risk?
What is the Braden scale?
You can die from shock. True or False?
What is True?
What are common causes of burns?
What are flame, contact, scald, chemical, electrical, and radiation?
Name a tool or method to assess burn size.
What is the Rule of 9s?
Why is sterile dressing important for burn wounds?
What is to prevent infection?
What are risk factors for pressure injuries?
What are immobility, impaired circulation, elderly age, and being obese or thin?
List the four types of shock.
What are hypovolemic, cardiogenic, distributive, and obstructive shock?
What is the first step in first aid for burns?
What are the ABCs (Airway, Breathing, Circulation)?
Burns are categorized by depth and ________.
What is Total Body Surface Area (TBSA)?
What is the purpose of splinting a burned extremity?
What is to prevent contractures?
How many stages of pressure injuries are there?
What are four stages, plus unstageable and deep tissue injuries?
Hypovolemic shock occurs due to __________.
What is decreased blood volume?
How does a burn affect skin function?
What are loss of protection, temperature regulation, infection prevention, sensory function, fluid balance, regeneration, and secretions?
What types of burns may involve deeper tissue such as muscle or bone?
What are full-thickness (third-degree or fourth degree) burns?
Name two key signs of wound infection.
What are increased redness, swelling, warmth, pus, and fever?
Describe Stage 1 of a pressure injury.
What is intact skin that is red and non-blanchable?
Signs and symptoms of dermatitis include __________.
What are itching, redness, and lesions?
What is an escharotomy?
What is a surgical incision through the burn eschar to relieve pressure?
Which type of burn shows blisters and moist wound bed?
What is a partial-thickness (second-degree) burn?
This process involves removing dead tissue from a wound to promote healing and prevent infection.
What is debridement?
What distinguishes a Stage 4 pressure injury?
What is full-thickness skin and tissue loss with muscle, bone, or support structure involvement?
__________ is considered an autoimmune disorder of the skin.
What is psoriasis?