TCRN - Burns
Alkaline
Penetrate tissue more deeply - Correct answer- More serious
chemical burns?
Irreversible injury/ Necrotic tissue
Less superficial. Vascular damage and inflammatory response
Peripheral and superficial area of burn (1st deg) - Correct
answer- Zone of coagulation
Zone of stasis
Zone if hyperemia
Onset of acute phase of burn injury
1
, 2
Caused by fluid shifting from interstitial space into the
vascular space
Partial thickness - greatest fluid loss occurs on day of injury
Full thickness - greatest fluid losses peak by day 4 post burn -
Correct answer- Diuresis
Partial thickness
First degree/superficial
Local pain, erythema no blister, dry, skin blanches - Correct
answer- Burn that affects epidermis only?
2nd degree
Superficial partial
Mottled, red, moist, blisters, painful
or deep partial - Correct answer- Burn that affects epidermis
and dermis?
Deep partial
2