Ch. 29

Question 1

Burn sheet

Answer 1

Or an approved commercial burn dressing

Question 2

Circumferential burn

Answer 2

Which encircle a body area such as an arm a leg or the chest and especially ones that encircle joint areas

Question 3

Eschar

Answer 3

The tough leathery dead soft tissue formed in the full thickness burn injury

Question 4

Full-thickness burn

Answer 4

Involves all the layers of the skin third degree burn

Question 5

Partial thickness burn

Answer 5

Second degree burn involves not only the epidermis but also portions of the dermis

Question 6

Rule of nines

Answer 6

A standardized way to quickly determine the amount of skin surface or the body surface area percentage of a burn

Question 7

Rules of ones

Answer 7

An alternative way to determine the BSA estimate is to compare it to the patients palm of the hand Surface area with the fingers closed which equals approximately 1 percent of bsa

Question 8

Superficial burn

Answer 8

First degree burn involves only the epidermis