Burns

Question 1

Types of burn injury

Thermal & Chemical

Answer 1

Thermal burn = caused by flame, flash, scald or contact with hot objects. Severity depends on them pr burning agent and duration of contact

Chemical burn = contact with acids, alkalis and organic compounds. Eyes can also be injured if splashed with the chemical. Alkali burns are more difficult to manage

Question 2

Types of burn injury: Smoke and inhalation injuries

Answer 2

From breathing hot wire or noxious chemicals can cause respiratory tract damage.

There are three types:

Metabolic Asphyxiation: majority of deaths at a fire, inhaling Coke elements primarily CO or hydrogen cyanide. O2 delivery is impaired resulting in hypoxia and ultimately death when carboxyhemoglobin rise.

Upper Airway Injury: injury to the mouth, oropharynx and or larynx. Injury by thermal burn - hot air, steam or smoke. Oropharynx and larynx = redness, blistering and edema.

Question 3

What is a burn?

Answer 3

Injury to the tissues of the body caused by heat chemicals electric current or radiation

Question 4

Burn depth ***

Answer 4

Superficial burn depth (first degree) = only the epidermis is affected, pain and redness, pain

Superficial or deep partial-thickness burn (second degree) = affects the epidermis and the dermis, lots of pain

Full thickness burns (3rd and 4th degree) = affects all the way down to the muscle it has a white gray color

Question 5

Burn Size**

Answer 5

Rule of 9’s

Question 6

First intervention of burns

Answer 6

Preserve the airway