CH. 32 BURNS

Question 1

the clinical course that usually begins within hours of exposure to a radiation source. Symptoms include nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, fatigue, fever, and headache. The long-term symptoms are dose related and are hematopoietic and gastrointestinal

Answer 1

acute radiation syndrome

Question 2

fat tissue

Answer 2

adipose tissue

Question 3

the shock or hypoperfusion caused by a burn injury and the tremendous loss of fluids; capillaries leak, resulting in intravascular fluid volume oozing out of the circulation and into the interstitial spaces, and cells take in increased amounts of salt and water

Answer 3

burn shock

Question 4

burns on the neck or chest that may compress the airway or on an extremity that might act like a tourniquet

Answer 4

circumferential burns

Question 5

a protein that gives tensile strength to the connective tissues of the body

Answer 5

collagen

Question 6

a noninflammatory acne lesion

Answer 6

comedo

Question 7

a formula that recommends giving 4 mL of normal saline for each kilogram of body weight, multiplied by the percentage of BSA burned; sometimes used to calculate fluid needs during lengthy transport times; formula called parkland formula

Answer 7

consensus formula

Question 8

a burn produced by touching a hot object

Answer 8

contact burn

Question 9

pertaining to the skin

Answer 9

cutaneous

Question 10

the inner later of the skin containing hair follicle roots, glands, blood vessels, and nerves

Answer 10

dermis

Question 11

the continuous shedding of the dead cells on the surface of the skin

Answer 11

desquamation

Question 12

a protein that gives the skin its elasticity

Answer 12

elastin

Question 13

the outermost layer of the skin

Answer 13

epidermis

Question 14

a surgical cut through the eschar or leathery covering of a burn injury to allow for swelling and minimize the potential for development of compartment syndrome in a circumferentially burned limb or the thorax

Answer 14

escharotomy

Question 15

a thermal burn caused by flames touching the skin

Answer 15

flame burn

Question 16

an electrothermal injury caused by arcing of electric current

Answer 16

flash burn

Question 17

a burn that extends through the epidermis into the subcutaneous tissues beneath; previously called a third degree burn

Answer 17

full thickness burn

Question 18

a tendency to constancy or stability in the body’s internal environment

Answer 18

homeostasis

Question 19

the skin

Answer 19

integument

Question 20

a description of the relationship between heat production, current, resistance

Answer 20

Joule’s law

Question 21

a detailed version of the rule of nines chart that takes into consideration the changes in BSA brought on by growth

Answer 21

lund and browder chart

Question 22

the pigment that gives skin its color

Answer 22

melanin

Question 23

one of the complex material found, along with the collagen fibers and elastin fibers, in the dermis of the skin

Answer 23

mucopolysaccharide gel

Question 24

the formula that describes the relationship between voltage and resistance.
Current=V/R

Answer 24

ohm’s law

Question 25

a burn that involves the epidermis and parts of the dermis, characterized by pain and blistering; previously called a second degree burn

Answer 25

partial thickness burn