Thermal injury and obesity Flashcards
1st degree burn skin involvement
- epidermis
- appears red and slightly edematous
- sunburn
2nd degree burn skin involvement
- extends to the dermis
- deep superficial partial thickness
- appears wet, blisters, edematous
- scars uncommon, heals 7-10 days
3rd degree burn skin involvement
- extends the the sub q tissue
- full thickness
- needs skin grafting
- waxy white leathery appearance
- no pain due to nerve damage
4th degree burn skin involvement
- muscle, facia, bone
- electrical injuries
- limb loss is common
mortality estimate for burns
age + TBSA%
> 115 = 80% mortality
doubled if inhalational injury
major burn classification
2nd or 3rd degree burn > 10 %
electrical burn
one complicated with inhalation
rule of nines for adult
- head and each arm = 9% each
- torso 18% front and 18 % back
- each leg 18%
rule of nines for a child
- head, front torso, back torso = 18% each
- arms 9% each
- legs 14% each
- subtract 1% from head for each year over 1 and add .5% to each leg
thermal burns
- most common type in children
- 2nd leading cause of death in children 1-4 yrs
resuscitative phase interventions
- early intubation
- awake fiberoptic maybe
- CXR
- denervation like phenomenon
- proliferation of acetylcholine receptors
- k+ release
- no succs after 24 hours
- require high dose NDNMB (2-3 fold increase)
CO poisoning effects
- 50-60% of fire victims die from CO poisoning
- CO binds to Hbg (200 x greater affinity)
- tissues are unable to extract O2, disrupts oxidative phosphorylation
- metabolic acidosis at cellular level
CO poisoning labs
- SaO2 normal
- ABG decreased total O2
- CO oximetry shows true total O2
- treat with 100% O2, decreases CO half life from 4 hours to 40 min
burns and hypovolemic shock
- fluid loss and shifts, greatest in the first 12 hours, stabilizes in 24
- direct transudation of plasma from wound
- plasma loss from diffuse capillary leakage
- fluid shifts from intravascular to interstitium (edema)
adult fluid resuscitation formula
2-4 ml/ kg x % BSA burned of LR
first half should be given within 8 hours
second half given over the remaining 16 hours
second 24 hours D5W maintenance at 0.5 ml / % burn / kg
child fluid resuscitation formula
- 3-4 ml / kg x % BSA burned
- infants and children should receive 5% dextrose at a maintenance along with fluids