Ch. 23 Disorders of Daily Life Flashcards
seriousness of thermal burns determined by
depth, % body surface area, baux score, lung injury, rapid Rx
depth of thermal burns: confined to epidermis
superficial
depth of thermal burns: dermis involved
partial thickness
depth of thermal burns: through dermis to fat, muscle, bone
full thickness
depth of thermal burns: red, blanche to pressure, no vesicles (blisters), no edema, painful, dry, no scar
superficial
depth of thermal burns: vesicles (blisters), red, do not blanche to pressure, always edematous, painful, wet, heal with scar
partial thickness
depth of thermal burns: charred or translucent, vesselsvisible, often painless (nerve destruction), pain from partial thickness burns at edges, heal with scar
full thickness
Baux score
age + percent BSA= estimated mortality
LD50=
baux score of 50% people die
BS 109
lung injury adds ( ) to age plus BSA
17
2 biggest complaints of burn victims
thirsty and cold
freezing of superficial skin
frostnip
cold injury: firm white patches, peel or blister with rewarming
frostnip
cold injury: dermis and deeper
frostbite
cold injury: hard, white, lacks feeling. may blister with rewarming. may cause gangrene
frostbite
cold injury: cole temp, wet clothes, alcohol (peripheral vasodilation). Lethargy, cluminess, confusion, low respiratory and heart rates
hypothermia
key of heat stroke
high body temp but no sweating
heat illness: dehydration and electrolyte loss
muscle spasms
elecritcal injury: burns, intravascular coagulation
heat injury
elecritcal injury: cardiac arrhythmia, muscle spasms, seizure, respiratory arrest
electrical dysfunction
ionizing radiation: low energy radiation (visible light, radio, radar) does no ( )
molecular damage
ionizing radiation: ( ) cause molecular damage that cannot be reversed
high energy
most common high energy ionizing radiation
skin cancers from UV damage
ionizing radiation: ( ) is cumulative for life
effect