tissue injury or necrosis caused by transfer of energy from a heat source from a heat source to the body -
✔✔burns
these type of burns include superficial partial thickness like a sunburn injury to the epidermis, leaves skin
pink or re but no blisters dry painful slight edema no scarring - ✔✔first degree
these type of burns are deep partial thickness destruction of epidermis and upper layers of dermis injury
to deeper portions of the dermis as well they are painful appears red or white, weeps fluid, blisters
present, hair follicles are intact, very edematous, blanching followed b ap refill, heals without suigcla
intervention - ✔✔second degree
full thickness and deep full thickness involves total destruction of dermis and epidermis skin can't
regenerate requires skin grafting wound appears dry and leathery as eschar develops is painless -
✔✔third degree burns
rule of 9's:
head and neck are ___%
each arm is worth ___%
front trunk is ___% and back trunk is ___%
perineum is ___%
front leg is ___%
back leg is ___%