SPECONLEC_S1_L2 - 2nd (37-72) Flashcards
Divides the body into areas of 9%
The Rule of 9
When is the Rule of 9 more practical?
emergent triage of a patient with an acute burn injury
Components under total body surface area
- Rule of 9
- Modified Lund and Browder Method
How many percent is the head?
9%
How many percent is the entire right (LE)
18%
How many percent is the entire left (LE)
18%
How many percent is the entire trunk?
36%
How many percent is the groin?
1%
How many percent is the entire right arm?
9%
How many percent is the entire left arm?
9%
Tool divides the body into much smaller areas and gives you sizes that are associated with differently aged patients
Modified Lund and Browder Method
T or F: Modified Lund and Browder Method is a more accurate means to determine the extent of burns
T
Modified Lund and Browder Method modified the percentages of body surface area to account for a ___ and to accommodate for ___ of different body segments
continuum age; growth
When is it considered a minor injury when in children and elderly
<10% TBSA
When is it considered a moderate injury when in children and elderly
20% TBSA
When is it considered a major injury when in children and elderly
> 20% TBSA
When is is considered a Minor injury in partial thickness burn?
N/A, also moderate and major are N/A
When is it considered to be a minor injury in adult?
<15% TBSA
When is it considered to be a moderate injury in adult?
15-25%
When is it considered to be a major injury in adult?
> 25%
When is it considered to be a minor injury in full thickness burn?
2% not involving the EEHFP
When is it considered to be a major injury in full thickness burn?
> 10%, except EEHFP, electrical or inhalation
When is it considered to be a moderate injury in full thickness burn?
2-10%, except EEHFP, electrical or inhalation
Inhalation injury is suspected in what type of injury?
moderate
Inhalation injury is known in what type of injury?
major
An electrical burn is a __
major injury
A burn injury in the eyes, ears, face, perineum and hands is a __
major injury
Co-morbid factors and premorbid illness in major injury
/ fracture and trauma
Co-morbid factors and premorbid illness in moderate injury
/ predisposing patient to infection (DM, SCD)
Criteria for admission: Partial and full thickness burns in pts under 10 and over 50
> 10% TBSA
Criteria for admission: Partial and full thickness burns in other age groups
> 20% TBSA
Criteria for admission: full thickness burns in other age groups
> 5% TBSA
Criteria for admission: Partial and full thickness burns involving the __, _, _, _, _
hand, feet, face, perineum, or skin overlying major joints
Criteria for admission: other conditions which will warrant admission
Electrical burns and lightning injuries
Chemical burns
Patient with inhalation injury
Complications of Burns
Infections
Pulmonary Complications
Metabolic Complications
Cardiovascular complications
Heterotrophic ossification
Neuropathy
Pathologic Scar
Complications of electrical burns
Complication that is a leading cause of mortality
Infections
Agents causing infection
Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus
Suspected in patients burned in a close space
pulmonary complications
injury that can happen in pulmonary complication
inhalation injury