CH. 32 BURNS Flashcards
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
acute radiation syndrome
fat tissue
adipose tissue
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
burn shock
burns on the neck or chest that may compress the airway or on an extremity that might act like a tourniquet
circumferential burns
a protein that gives tensile strength to the connective tissues of the body
collagen
a noninflammatory acne lesion
comedo
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
consensus formula
a burn produced by touching a hot object
contact burn
pertaining to the skin
cutaneous
the inner later of the skin containing hair follicle roots, glands, blood vessels, and nerves
dermis
the continuous shedding of the dead cells on the surface of the skin
desquamation
a protein that gives the skin its elasticity
elastin
the outermost layer of the skin
epidermis
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
escharotomy
a thermal burn caused by flames touching the skin
flame burn
an electrothermal injury caused by arcing of electric current
flash burn
a burn that extends through the epidermis into the subcutaneous tissues beneath; previously called a third degree burn
full thickness burn
a tendency to constancy or stability in the body’s internal environment
homeostasis
the skin
integument
a description of the relationship between heat production, current, resistance
Joule’s law
a detailed version of the rule of nines chart that takes into consideration the changes in BSA brought on by growth
lund and browder chart
the pigment that gives skin its color
melanin
one of the complex material found, along with the collagen fibers and elastin fibers, in the dermis of the skin
mucopolysaccharide gel
the formula that describes the relationship between voltage and resistance.
Current=V/R
ohm’s law
