Nursing Management Flashcards
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Nursing management of Minor Burn:
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- History taking: Identification, Cause of Injury, Mechanism of injury & co- morbidities
- Wound assessment: Dress to tailor the burn
- Tetanus
- Minimise infection
- Odema management
- Follow up
2
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Nursing management for Pain in burns:
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1- 3: Paracetamol, NSAID
3-7: Paracetamol, NSAID, tramadol, +/- Endone
8-10: Paracetamol, NSAID, Tramadol, Oxycotin, Endone for break through
3
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Nursing management for Severe burns:
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- Cooling is important:
- Chemical burns need to be diluted with irrigation & use of litmus strip to test for removal. - ABC:
- Remove all or any jewelry & cut clothing away
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