GRADED A+
✔✔Describe 3rd degree burn - ✔✔damage to all layers. appear charred. see through
pearly white with a surface that is dry and thrombosis. skin graft needed
✔✔Describe 4th degree burn - ✔✔Damage to skin subQ and organs done or tissue
✔✔what does TBSA stand for - ✔✔total body surface area
✔✔Rule of 9 adults - ✔✔Head/arms - 9 Chest/back/legs - 18 crotch -1
✔✔Rule of 9 Kids - ✔✔Head/back/chest - 18 each arm - 9 each leg - 13.5 crotch - 1
✔✔what is the goal of burn care? - ✔✔Prevent shock, infection, an minimizes
disfiguration
✔✔do you give Antibiotics to a burn only patient? - ✔✔NO
✔✔When would you give a burn patient antibiotics - ✔✔When they suffer from burns
and a penetrating wound
✔✔how would you treat a patient with chemical burns - ✔✔Remove the casualties
clothing away and brush away any seen on the skin
✔✔how would you treat a patient with liquid burns - ✔✔Remove liquid chemicals by
flushing with as much water as possible
✔✔how do you treat a patient with burns from white phosphorous - ✔✔dunk in water,
cover in wet mud. WP is fueled by oxygen, you need to eliminate its supply.
✔✔electrical burns may cause an _________ heartrate and a loss of __________ -
✔✔abnormal heart rate & loss of pulse
✔✔what are additional injurys associated with electrical burns - ✔✔Ruptured tympanic
membrane, fractures to multiple areas of the spine and the long bones
✔✔why would an irradiated casualties need fluid resuscitation - ✔✔radiation may cause
nausea and vomiting causing increased need for fluids
✔✔what is the fluid of choice for a patient with burns but no shock - ✔✔Lactated ringers
✔✔what is the fluid of choice for a patient with burns and is in shock - ✔✔Hextend, but
do not give them more then 1000ml
, ✔✔explain the Rule of 10? - ✔✔1-estemate the TSAB
2-round to the nearest 10th
3- multiply by 10
4-add 100ml for every 25lb over 175lbs
✔✔how do you convert Kilogram (KG) to Pounds(LB) ( equation) - ✔✔lb = kg * 2.2
✔✔your patient is a 80KG male. Burns to his anterior trunk, anterior arms anterior legs
and groin. Calculate the Fluid resuscitation needs - ✔✔600
✔✔your patient is a 90kg male. Burns to both legs and his anterior trunk. Calculate the
Fluid resuscitation needs - ✔✔600
✔✔189lb male has burns to his posterior trunk, arms and legs Calculate the Fluid
resuscitation needs - ✔✔600
✔✔you should titrate the fluids until urine output is _______ml an hour - ✔✔30-50ml
✔✔How many vertebrae in the cervical - thoracic - lumbar - sacral - coccys - ✔✔7 - 12 -
5-5-4
✔✔how many bones comprise the wrist - ✔✔8
✔✔how many metacarpals - ✔✔5
✔✔how many phalanges - ✔✔14
✔✔what are the bones of the pelvis - ✔✔Ilium - Ischium - pubis
✔✔the hip joint is what kind of joint - ✔✔sacroiliac joint
✔✔the patella is the _______ ________ pone in the body - ✔✔the largest Sesamoid
bone
✔✔what are the 6 kinds of joints, give examples - ✔✔Ball & socket - shoulder
Hinge - Elbow
Pivot - Radio-ulna joint
conyloid - radius and carpal joint
Saddle - carpal metacarpal joint
Gliding - vertebrae
✔✔what are the 3 categories of Musculoskeletal injuries - ✔✔Isolated non life-
threatening - non life-threatening - life threatening