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Which of the following statements concerning a patient who received electrical burns to his hand after
grabbing a live wire is true? - correct answer ✔✔A.
The extent of tissue damage may be much greater than it appears on the surface.
Your answer is correct.
B.
The patient will remain an electrocution hazard to rescuers for several minutes after being removed from
the source of electricity.
C.
The burning will continue for hours, perhaps days.
D.
Electrical burns are a minor injury.
Thermal burns caused by the skin directly contacting hot water or hot steam: - correct answer ✔✔Is the
most common type of burn
In treating a burn patient, you should cool and irrigate the burned tissue with: - correct answer
✔✔Room-temperature tap water for 15 minutes.
Exposure to direct or alternating electrical current produces severe external AND internal burn injuries
because: - correct answer ✔✔The skin is a poor conductor with a high resistance, and blood vessels are
good conductors with low resistance.
For the OEC, the first priority in managing a patient with a thermal burn is: - correct answer ✔✔stopping
the burning process to prevent further injury
Your patient is a 40-year-old man who was burned when he spilled gasoline on his pants while he was
standing near the pilot light of his hot-water heater. He has partial thickness burns from his feet to just
, above his knees, circumferentially around both legs. According to the Rules of Nines, the man burned
____ of his body surface. - correct answer ✔✔18 percent
When managing electrical burns, OEC Technicians should always: - correct answer ✔✔Assess for signs
and symptoms of internal injuries
A burn patient has a coarse and husky sounding voice. Based on this, you would be concerned: - correct
answer ✔✔About the possibility of an airway burn.
Your patient is a 35-year-old woman who spilled a cup of hot coffee on herself two hours ago. An area on
her right thigh that is about twice the size of the palm of her hand is red and painful but has no blisters.
Which of the following actions would be appropriate for an OEC Technician to take? - correct answer
✔✔Apply a dry sterile dressing
Which of the following substances cause the most serious chemical burns? - correct answer ✔✔A.
A chemical with a pH of 7
B.
An acid with a pH of 6
C.
An acid with a pH of 1
( answer C is correct)
D.
An alkaline chemical or base with a pH of 8
Exposure to direct or alternating electrical current produces severe external AND internal burn injuries
because: - correct answer ✔✔The skin is a poor conductor with a high resistance, and blood vessels are
good conductors with low resistance.
For the OEC, the first priority in managing a patient with an electrical burn is: - correct answer
✔✔Ensuring the power source has been turned off
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