Flashcards in Burns Deck (48)
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What are 20-25% of burns?
work related
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What are 20-25% of burns?
work related
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What are the different types of burns?
scald, contact, fire, chemical, electrical, radiation
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What causes scalds?
hot liquids, grease, steam, spill or immersion
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What causes contact burns?
stove
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What causes fire burns?
flash and glame
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What are chemical burns?
acid or base
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What are electrical burns?
household or lightening
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Who has the highest incidence of burns?
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What type of burns do younger kids get?
contact and scalds
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Who gets serious burns?
males 20-29 yo
children
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What percentage of burn pt in hospital die?
5%
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What happens in structural fires?
half die from asphyxiation
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What is an example of first degree burn?
sunburn
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How does a first degree burn present?
epidermal, painful, blanches, erythematous
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How does second degree burns present?
superficial dermal, painful, blisters present, erythematous, weeping
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How does third degree burns present?
full thickness, insensate, does not blanch, hard/lethery, black eschar, will contract and slowly reepithelialize
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How does forth degree burns present?
deep organ involved, insensate, does not blanche, involves bone, fat or muscle, extensively sustained burns
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How do you determine severity of burns?
degree of heat, length of time, conductivity of skin, heat transfer, heat capacity of burn agent
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What is a red flag you need to think about with burns?
abuse
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What is the treatment for burns?
airway, fluid and pain management
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What do you need to do before placing dressing?
clean with saline
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What do you put on superficial burns?
frequent change
silver sulfadiazine (silvadene)
Bactracin
Mupirocin
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What are the extreme burn tx?
surgical debridement, escharotomy, skin grafts, referral to burn unit
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What is the burn center referral criteria?
Pt with burns and associated trauma
Children with burns at hospital without personal to care for children
Pt with preexisting conditions that could complicate management
Burns involving face, hands,feet genitalia, perineum, or major joints
Chemical burns
Electrical burns
Inhalation injury
Partial-thickness burns on > 10% of TBSA
3rd degree burns in any age group
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What are the different types of burns?
scald, contact, fire, chemical, electrical, radiation
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What causes scalds?
hot liquids, grease, steam, spill or immersion
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What causes contact burns?
stove
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What causes fire burns?
flash and glame
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