Integumentary: Burns: Classification by Percentage of Body Area Burned

Question 1

Minor

Answer 1

• Children or older adults with less than 2% total body surface area full thickness burns.
• Children or older adults with less than 10% total body surface area partial thickness burns.
• Adults with less than 15% total body surface area partial thickness burns.
• Burns can not involve face, hands, feet, genitalia, perineum, or major joints.

Question 2

Moderate

Answer 2

• Children or older adults with less than 10% total body surface area full thickness burns.
• Children or older adults with less than 10-20% total body surface area partial thickness burns.
• Adults with less than 15-25% total body surface area mixed partial thickness/full thickness burns.
• Burns can not involve face, hands, feet, genitalia, perineum, or major joints.

Question 3

Critical

Answer 3

• Children or older adults with greater than 10% total body surface area full thickness burns.
• Children or older adults with greater than 20% total body surface area partial thickness burns.
• Any patient with greater than 25% total body surface area.
• Adults with less than 15-25% total body surface area mixed partial thickness/full thickness burns.
• Any patient with burns to the face, eyes, ears, hands, or perineum.
• If Impairment exists.
• Respiratory complications