Electrical Burn Ques 46

Question 1

Acute gastric erosion as complications of severe burns ischemia and cell necrosis of gastric mucosa

Answer 1

Curling ulcer

Question 2

Are injuries to the skin caused by exposure to extreme heat, hot liquids, electrical agent, strong chemicals, or radiation

Answer 2

Burns

Question 3

About ___American seeks care for burns each year

Answer 3

48600

Question 4

About___ patients are hospitalized for minor burns each year

Answer 4

34,00

Question 5

Fires and burns kill approximately___people each year in the United States

Answer 5

4000

Question 6

Today___ a patient treated and burns center survive

Answer 6

96.7

Question 7

Damaged tissue deep within the body

Answer 7

Electrical burn

Question 8

This type of burn damage is not always visible and the entrance site and exit site may appear smaller

Answer 8

Electrical burn

Question 9

What type of monitoring should be initiated on a patient with electrical burn

Answer 9

Cardiac monitoring should be initiated if the patient does not complain of chest pain

Question 10

Causes greater injury and burns by liquefying the tissue

Answer 10

Alkalis

Question 11

Damage the tissue by coagulating cells and proteins

Answer 11

Acids

Question 12

All__should be considered potentially life-threatening until they are thoroughly assessed

Answer 12

Burns

Question 13

When a burn area is large the inflammatory response can result in

Answer 13

Massive shift of water,

electrolytes

and proteins into the tissue

which equals severe EDEMA

Question 14

Massive shift of water,

electrolytes

and proteins into the tissue

which equals severe EDEMA

Answer 14

Can happen when a burn area is large

Question 15

My potassium is released from damage cells it causes

Answer 15

Hyperkalemia

Question 16

Caused by the stress response and potassium shift

Answer 16

Hyponatremia

Question 17

When a Burn area is large what happened to your respiratory

Answer 17

It goes in the metabolic acidosis

Question 18

The loss of the fluid from vascular space can lead to

Answer 18

Hypervolemia with low blood pressure

Question 19

What increases when you have a burn area that is large

Answer 19

Hematocrit and viscosity of the blood

Question 20

Hematocrit will increase because

Answer 20

A concentration of the blood

which is missing the component that shift into the tissue

Question 21

The viscosity of the blood will increase causing

Answer 21

Slowing of the blood flow in the small vessels which in turn causes hypoxia

Question 22

Kidney failure can be a risk from

Answer 22

Hypovolemia

Question 23

If the burn was caused by a fire what happens to long

Answer 23

Lung tissue injury from inhalation of heat and smoke because Alveolar Edema

Question 24

Why would the Hematocrit the increase in a patient with a large burn area

Answer 24

Fluid loss

Question 25

What are released in the body in response to stress

Answer 25

CATECHOLAMINES Aldosterone cortisol antidiuretic hormone

Question 26

How is the severity of the burnt determined

Answer 26

Depends on the cause the temperature duration of contact extent of burn area region of the body involved

Question 27

Depends on the cause the temperature duration of contact extent of burn area region of the body involved

Answer 27

Are how the severity of burn are determined

Question 28

Sign and symptoms of burns

Answer 28

Reddening of the skin to full loss of tissue down the bone with black charred area Blisters A dry scab like crust Eschar Leathery layer

Question 29

Can blisters form if the patient is burn

Answer 29

Yes

Question 30

Can a dry scab like form over superficial burns occur if the patient is severely burned

Answer 30

Yes

Question 31

Leathery layers of dead tissue happens when | Eschar is hard

Answer 31

There has been a full thickness injury it is dark brown to black

Question 32

Diagnosis of the depth of the burn is made based on

Answer 32

A classification system

Question 33

Is based on the amount of the body surface that has been burned and the depth of the burn

Answer 33

Classification system of burns

Question 34

What group cannot be assessed using the rule of nine

Answer 34

Children

Question 35

Your head and arms are what percent when you’re talking about burns

Answer 35

4.5%

Question 36

Your chest and your back is what percent when you’re talking about burns

Answer 36

18%

Question 37

Your legs are what percent when you’re talking about burn

Answer 37

9%

Question 38

Your groin area is what percent what you’re talking about burns

Answer 38

1%