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NUR 2115 ( LATEST 2024 / 2025 ) CSM EXAM 2 BURNS | GRADED A+ QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (SOLVED)
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NUR 2115 ( LATEST 2024 / 2025 ) CSM EXAM 2 BURNS | GRADED A+ QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (SOLVED)
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NUR 2115 CSM Exam 2 Burns1. Types of burns
Thermal
caused by heat, hot liquids, flames, steam
2. Types of burns
chemical
caused by alkali or acid substances
3. types of burns
electrical
caused by high voltage pt will have entrance/ exit wounds
4. types of burns
,radiation
looks like a sunburn only impacts the epidermis
5. describe the wound on an electrical burn patient
there will be a neat/tidy entrance wound and an exit wound that looks explosive/charred. The
electrical current will follow path of least resistance, and there is no way of telling the extent on
the burn injury on the inside of the body.
6. describe the rule of nine
used to calculate the extent of the burn injury on how much of the body has been burned
7. Rule of 9
Head and Neck
9% total (4.5% anterior and posterior)
8. rule of 9
arms
, 9% total (4.5% each side) per arm 18%for both arms circumferentially
9. rule of 9
torso
split into anterior/posterior as well as superior/ inferior
Anterior Torso
18%
-superior and Inferior anterior torso = 9% each Posterior Torso
18%
- superior and inferior posterior torso 9% each
Total Circumferential Torso = 36%
10. rule of 9
perineum
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