Key Terms CH. 32 Burns

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Adipose tissue

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Fat tissue

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Acute radiation syndrome

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The clinical course that usually begins with an hours of exposure to radiation source.Symptoms include nausea,vomiting, diarrhea, fatigue fever and headache. The long-term symptoms are dose related and are hematopoietic and gastrointestinal.

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Burn shock

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The shock hypoerfusion caused by a burn injury and that tremendous loss of fluids; Capillaries leaks, resulting in intravascular fluid volume oozing out of the circulation and into the interstitial spaces, and cells take and increased amount of salt and water.

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Circumferential Burns

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Burns on the neck or chest that make compress the airway or an extremity that might act like a tourniquet.

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Collagen

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A protein that gives tensile strength to the connective tissue of the body.

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Comedo

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A non-inflammatory acne leisure.

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Consensus Formula

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A formula that recommends getting 4 mL of normal saline for each kilogram of body weight, multiple multiplied by the percentage of body surface area burned; sometimes used to calculate fluid needs during lengthy transport times formerly called the Parkland formula.

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Contact burn

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A burn produced by touching a hot object.

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Cutaneous

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Pertaining to the skin.

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Dermis

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The inner layer of skin containing hair follicles,roots,glands, blood vessels and nerves.

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Desquamation

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The continuous shedding of the dead cells on the surface of the skin.

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Elastin

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A protein that gives the skin its elasticity.

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Epidermis

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The outermost layer of the skin.

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Escharotomy

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The surgical cut through the eschar or leathery covering of a burn injury to allow for sewing and minimize the potential for development of compartment syndrome in a circumferentially burned limb or the thorax.

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Flame burn

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A thermal burn caused by flames touching the skin.

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Flash burn

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And electrothermal injury caused by arcing of electrical current.

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Full thickness burn

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A burn that extends through the epidermis and dermis into the subcutaneous tissue beneath; previously called a third-degree burn.

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Homeostasis

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A tendency to constancy or stability in the body’s internal environment.

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Integument

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The skin

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Joules law

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A description of the relationship between heat production, current and resistance.

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Lund and Browder chart

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A detailed version of the rule of nines chart that takes into consideration the changes in the body surface area brought on by growth.

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Melanin

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The pigment that gives skin it’s color.

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Mucopolysaccharide gel

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One of the complex materials found along with collagen fibers and elastin fibers, in the dermis of the skin.

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Ohm’s law

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The formula that describes the relationship between voltages and resistance. Current(I) = Voltage(V) divided by Resistance(R)

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Partial thickness burn

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A burn that involves the epidermis and part of the dermis characterized by pain and blistering; previously called a second-degree burn.

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Rule of nines

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A system that assigns percentages to sections of the body allowing calculations of the amount of skin surface involved in the burn area.

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Rule of palms

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A system that estimates total body surface area burned by comparing the affected area with the size of the patients palm which in roughly equals 1% of the patients total body surface area; also called the rule of ones.

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Scald burn

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A burn produced by hot liquids.

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Sebaceous gland

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A gland located in the dermis that secrets sebum.

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Sebum

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And oily substance secreted by sebaceous glands.

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Steam burn

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A burn that has been caused by direct exposure to hot steam exhaust, as from a broken pipe

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Subcutaneous layer

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Beneath the skin

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Superficial burn

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A burn involving only the epidermis producing very red, painful skin; previously called a first degree burn.

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Supraglottic

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Located above the glottic opening, as in the upper airway structure.

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Thermal burn

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An injury caused by radiation or direct contact with a heat source on the skin.

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Thermoregulation

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The ability of the body to maintain temperature through a combination of heat gain by metabolic process and muscular movement and heat loss through respiration, evaporation, conduction, convention and respiration.

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Zone of coagulation

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The reddened area surrounding the leathery and sometimes charred tissue that has sustained a full thickness burn.

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Zone of hyperemia

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In a thermal burn the area that is least affected by the burn injury. This is an area of increased blood flow where the body is attempting to repair injured but otherwise viable tissue.

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Zone of Stasis

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The peripheral area surrounding the zone of coagulation that has decreased blood flow and information. This area can undergo necrosis within 24 to 48 hours after the injury particularly if perfusion is compromised due to burn shock.