Chapter 99 :: Burns

Question 1

These burns appear wet, weeping, and erythematous, and are exquisitely painful, with blisters or sloughing epidermal remnant

Answer 1

PARTIALTHICKNESS BURN SECONDDEGREE BURN

Question 2

skin as an organ serves many functional purposes

Answer 2

barrier protection against microbes, absorption and mitigation of mutagenic electromagnetic radiation, water and vapor impermeability, body thermoregulation, sensory perception, and motion-enabling elasticity balanced with sheer-resistant tensile strength

Question 3

the most common mechanism of burns in the pediatric population

tend to cause a greater inflammatory response than flame burns

Answer 3

Scald burns

Question 4

TBSA does not represent burn severity, duration of contact with electrical source is proportional to tissue destruction

Answer 4

Electrical burn

Question 5

typically deeper and more serious than acid burns

Answer 5

Alkali burns

Question 6

solids or powders to be removed by brushes or dusting

Answer 6

calcium oxide, alkali metals

Question 7

Soaking dressings, 2-4 times a day

Antifungal coverage

Answer 7

Silver nitrate

Question 8

The majority of burn patients with both deep and superficial burns will experience clinically significant pruritus during their recovery.

Regardless of severity, 90% of patients will experience pruritus during the first month after being burned

Answer 8

PRURITUS