Paramedic – Trauma Final Exam
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full thickness burn - ✔✔a burn involving destruction of the entire skin; extends
into the basement layer. Skin appears white and waxy and charred or leathery -
called an eschar. Dry and harder than the rest of the skin - constricting. Nerve
endings destroyed, no pain except for edges
critical burns - ✔✔*Full thickness- hands, feet, face, genitalia.
Circumferential torso, arms, legs. >10% BSA.
*partial thickness- >30% BSA
*any thickness- Airway/respiratory involvement. Other trauma (FXs). PT <5 or
>55 with any "moderate burn"
Moderate Burns - ✔✔*full thickness- 2%-10% BSA with NO hands, feet, face
or genital involvement.
*partial thickness- 15%-30% BSA
,*superficial- >50%
Minor Burns - ✔✔*full thickness- <2% BSA with NO hands, face, feet, genitals
*partial thickness- <15% BSA
*superficial- <50% BSA
Parkland formula - ✔✔%BSA x weight (kg) x 4 = mL fluid in 24hrs
1/2 = 1st 8hrs
Acid burns - ✔✔Release hydrogen ions
Form a callous when skin is burned - coagulative necrosis
Base burn - ✔✔Release hydroxide ions - liquefy the skin
Reacts with fats - saponification
, Oxidizers - ✔✔React to cause other items to burn
Clothing or skin can catch on fire
Three types of radiation released from radioactive material - ✔✔Alpha
particles, beta particles, gamma radiation
alpha particles - ✔✔Lowest energy, stopped by skin or clothing. Shrapnel
or ingestion cause for concern
Beta particles - ✔✔Stopped by aluminum or glass. Ambulance
provides protection. Cause damage to DNA, cancers
gamma radiation - ✔✔High-energy radiation emitted by the nuclei of
radioactive atoms. Stopped only by thick concrete, lead, or thick steel. Smaller
the wavelength the more energy/penetrating power
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full thickness burn - ✔✔a burn involving destruction of the entire skin; extends
into the basement layer. Skin appears white and waxy and charred or leathery -
called an eschar. Dry and harder than the rest of the skin - constricting. Nerve
endings destroyed, no pain except for edges
critical burns - ✔✔*Full thickness- hands, feet, face, genitalia.
Circumferential torso, arms, legs. >10% BSA.
*partial thickness- >30% BSA
*any thickness- Airway/respiratory involvement. Other trauma (FXs). PT <5 or
>55 with any "moderate burn"
Moderate Burns - ✔✔*full thickness- 2%-10% BSA with NO hands, feet, face
or genital involvement.
*partial thickness- 15%-30% BSA
,*superficial- >50%
Minor Burns - ✔✔*full thickness- <2% BSA with NO hands, face, feet, genitals
*partial thickness- <15% BSA
*superficial- <50% BSA
Parkland formula - ✔✔%BSA x weight (kg) x 4 = mL fluid in 24hrs
1/2 = 1st 8hrs
Acid burns - ✔✔Release hydrogen ions
Form a callous when skin is burned - coagulative necrosis
Base burn - ✔✔Release hydroxide ions - liquefy the skin
Reacts with fats - saponification
, Oxidizers - ✔✔React to cause other items to burn
Clothing or skin can catch on fire
Three types of radiation released from radioactive material - ✔✔Alpha
particles, beta particles, gamma radiation
alpha particles - ✔✔Lowest energy, stopped by skin or clothing. Shrapnel
or ingestion cause for concern
Beta particles - ✔✔Stopped by aluminum or glass. Ambulance
provides protection. Cause damage to DNA, cancers
gamma radiation - ✔✔High-energy radiation emitted by the nuclei of
radioactive atoms. Stopped only by thick concrete, lead, or thick steel. Smaller
the wavelength the more energy/penetrating power
