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| Percentages of the Rule of Nines | Head 9% - Anterior trunk 18% -Posterior trunk 18% -Each arm circumferentially 9% -Each leg circumferentially 18% -Perineum 1% |
| What method of evaluating burn percentage would modify percentages according to age? | Lund-Browder chart or Berkow classification |
| If a client has facial burns, this must be suspected also. | smoke inhalation injury |
| Symptoms of smoke inhalation injury. | swelling of oro- and naso-pharynx. singed nasal hairs, flaring nostrils, stridor, wheezing, dyspnea, hoarse voids, sooty (carbonaceous) sputum |
| What degree of carbon monoxide poisoning would show a reddish-purplish skin tone (cherry red) and tinnitus and vertigo? | Moderate (21-40% blood level) |
| Burn victims need this because so much water is lost. | Fluid resuscitation |
| Using the Parkland formula, how is fluid resuscitation calculated? | 4ml/kg/TBSA burn per 24-hour period; give half over 8 hours and the remaining half over 16 hours |
| Characteristic of a malignant melanoma lesion. | Irregularly shaped lesion |
| Definitive diagnosis of herpes zoster. | Culture of the lesion - to detect the varicella virus |
| Intervention for circumferential burns to extremities. | Elevate above level of heart - need to keep tissue edema to a minimum |
| Initial treatment for suspected or actual carbon dioxide inhalation | 100% oxygen - at least get them outside |
| In this condition multiple straight or wavy threadlike lines are noted beneath the skin. | Scabies |
| The most reliable indicator that fluid resuscitation in the burn patient is adequate. | Urine output - should be 30-50 mlhr (all would play a part) |
| Which type of skin cancer is highly metastatic? | Melanoma |
| How often should the body be inspected for signs of abnormalities? | At least monthly |
| What condition am I? The skin becomes white or blue in color and also hard, cold, and insensitive to touch. | Frostbite |
| Include this in PPE for scabies. | Gowns and gloves - transmission is by direct skin contact |
| What is the therapeutic outcome of an escharotomy? | Return of distal pulses - intense swelling will cause compartment syndrome, thus affecting circulation |
| When this part of the body is burned, a substantial amount of physical therapy is needed so as not to lose function. | hands |
| This is a skin infection into the deeper dermis and the subcutaneous fat. | Cellulitis |
