burns injury Flashcards
1
Q
define a burns injury?
A
when tissue damage occurs by thermal, electrical or chemical injury
2
Q
epidemiology of burns?
A
- often in the young or the elderly
- common
3
Q
how to quickly and accurately work out the size of the burn?
A
- Wallace’s rule of nine
- lund and browder chart
4
Q
describe superficial epidermal burn?
A
1st degree
Red and painful
takes 3 days to heal
no scarring
5
Q
describe a partial thickness (superficial dermal)burn?
A
1st degree
Pale pink, painful, blistered
7 days
No scarring
6
Q
describe a partial thickness (deep dermal) burn?
A
2nd degree
Typically white but may have patches of non-blanching erythema. Reduced sensation
3 weeks
No scarring
7
Q
describe a full thickness burn?
A
3rd degree
White/brown/black in colour, no blisters
NO PAIN
Requires scarring or skin grafts
