Burns Flashcards

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Burns definition

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Burns are the result of effects of thermal injury on the skin or other tissues.

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Tolerable temperatures of the human skin
What happens above tolerable Temps?

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Tolerable temp: 42-44 deg C
Above these Temps more severe is the tissue destruction

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Reversible Temps are
Irreversible Temps are…..and elaborate

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Below 45 deg C-reversible
Above- protein damage occurs which exceeds the capacity of the cell to repair

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