NSG 6420 Dermatologic Disorders Exam
Questions With Correct Answers
BURNS - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-MALE
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WHITE (60%) |
85% of burn-deaths associated with house fires
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---First-degree burn—epidermal burn | |
Nonblanching erythema, mild to moderately painful, usually nonedematous, not
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included when calculating TBSA, healing time 1 week
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---Second-degree burn—SUPERFICIAL, partial-thickness burn
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Wet, ^^PINK^^ wound bed with ***blistering, mild edema, very painful, healing
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time 10-14 days
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-----Second-degree burn—MODERATE, partial-thickness burn | | |
^^RED^^ wound base with minimal exudates, edematous, moderately painful,
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healing time 2-4 weeks
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----Second-degree burn—DEEP, partial-thickness burn | | |
Wound bed is dry, ^^PALE PINK^^ to white, rubbery in appearance, edematous,
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minimally PAINFUL, hair loss (damage at level of nerve endings and hair follicles),
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healing time 3-8 weeks
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------Third-degree burn—FULL-thickness burn | |
,Wound bed dry, ^^WHITE^^ or tan eschar, edematous, PAINLESSSSS and
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insensate, will require excision and grafting to heal
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-------Fourth-degree burn-- |
Term more frequently used in Europe than in the United States; refers to burns
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involving underlying structures such as FAT, fascia, muscle, or BONE
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-----Circumferential burn---- |
Burn injury encompassing the entire circumference of a digit, extremity, or trunk;
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may constitute an emergency due to compartment syndrome with distal
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compromise noted by edema, loss of pulse, discoloration, pain, and paresthesia
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---Inhalation injury---- |
Soot deposits in oropharynx, carbaceous sputum, singed nasal hair, facial edema,
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hoarseness, progressing airway edema, burns that occur in an enclosed
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environment, presence of carbon monoxide poisoning
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Carbon monoxide poisoning is characterized by headache, confusion, visual
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changes, nausea, vomiting, dizziness, disorientation and at higher levels, by
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tachycardia, tachypnea, seizures, and death.
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BSA (Rule of 9's) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-CHEST 9%
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UPPER BACK 9% | |
LOWER BACK 9% | |
ABDOMEN 9% |
1 ANTERIOR LEG 9%
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1 POSTERIOR LEG 9%
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, FACE 4.5% |
back of HEAD 4.5%
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one ANTERIOR ARM 4.5%
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one POSTERIOR ARM 4.5%
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GROIN: 1% |
PALMar HAND: 1% | |
BURNS TRANSFER CRITERIA - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1. Partial-thickness burns
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greater than 10% of TBSA| | | |
2. Burns that involve the face, hands, feet, genitalia, perineum, or major joints
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3. Third-degree burns in any age group
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4. Electrical burns, including lightning injury
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5. Chemical burns
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6. Inhalation injury
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7. Burn injury in patients with preexisting medical disorders that could complicate
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management, prolong recovery, or affect mortality
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8. Any patient with burns and concomitant trauma in which the burn injury poses
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the greatest risk of mortality or morbidity; if trauma poses the greater immediate
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risk, the patient may be stabilized in a trauma center before transfer to a burn
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unit
9. Burned children in hospitals without qualified personnel or equipment for the
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care of children
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Questions With Correct Answers
BURNS - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-MALE
| | |
WHITE (60%) |
85% of burn-deaths associated with house fires
| | | | | |
---First-degree burn—epidermal burn | |
Nonblanching erythema, mild to moderately painful, usually nonedematous, not
| | | | | | | | |
included when calculating TBSA, healing time 1 week
| | | | | | |
---Second-degree burn—SUPERFICIAL, partial-thickness burn
| | |
Wet, ^^PINK^^ wound bed with ***blistering, mild edema, very painful, healing
| | | | | | | | | | |
time 10-14 days
| |
-----Second-degree burn—MODERATE, partial-thickness burn | | |
^^RED^^ wound base with minimal exudates, edematous, moderately painful,
| | | | | | | | |
healing time 2-4 weeks
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----Second-degree burn—DEEP, partial-thickness burn | | |
Wound bed is dry, ^^PALE PINK^^ to white, rubbery in appearance, edematous,
| | | | | | | | | | | |
minimally PAINFUL, hair loss (damage at level of nerve endings and hair follicles),
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
healing time 3-8 weeks
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------Third-degree burn—FULL-thickness burn | |
,Wound bed dry, ^^WHITE^^ or tan eschar, edematous, PAINLESSSSS and
| | | | | | | | | |
insensate, will require excision and grafting to heal
| | | | | | |
-------Fourth-degree burn-- |
Term more frequently used in Europe than in the United States; refers to burns
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
involving underlying structures such as FAT, fascia, muscle, or BONE
| | | | | | | | |
-----Circumferential burn---- |
Burn injury encompassing the entire circumference of a digit, extremity, or trunk;
| | | | | | | | | | | |
may constitute an emergency due to compartment syndrome with distal
| | | | | | | | | |
compromise noted by edema, loss of pulse, discoloration, pain, and paresthesia
| | | | | | | | | |
---Inhalation injury---- |
Soot deposits in oropharynx, carbaceous sputum, singed nasal hair, facial edema,
| | | | | | | | | | |
hoarseness, progressing airway edema, burns that occur in an enclosed
| | | | | | | | | |
environment, presence of carbon monoxide poisoning
| | | | |
Carbon monoxide poisoning is characterized by headache, confusion, visual
| | | | | | | | |
changes, nausea, vomiting, dizziness, disorientation and at higher levels, by
| | | | | | | | | |
tachycardia, tachypnea, seizures, and death.
| | | |
BSA (Rule of 9's) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-CHEST 9%
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UPPER BACK 9% | |
LOWER BACK 9% | |
ABDOMEN 9% |
1 ANTERIOR LEG 9%
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1 POSTERIOR LEG 9%
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, FACE 4.5% |
back of HEAD 4.5%
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one ANTERIOR ARM 4.5%
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one POSTERIOR ARM 4.5%
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GROIN: 1% |
PALMar HAND: 1% | |
BURNS TRANSFER CRITERIA - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1. Partial-thickness burns
| | | | | | | |
greater than 10% of TBSA| | | |
2. Burns that involve the face, hands, feet, genitalia, perineum, or major joints
| | | | | | | | | | | |
3. Third-degree burns in any age group
| | | | | |
4. Electrical burns, including lightning injury
| | | | |
5. Chemical burns
| |
6. Inhalation injury
| |
7. Burn injury in patients with preexisting medical disorders that could complicate
| | | | | | | | | | |
management, prolong recovery, or affect mortality
| | | | | |
8. Any patient with burns and concomitant trauma in which the burn injury poses
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
the greatest risk of mortality or morbidity; if trauma poses the greater immediate
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
risk, the patient may be stabilized in a trauma center before transfer to a burn
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
unit
9. Burned children in hospitals without qualified personnel or equipment for the
| | | | | | | | | | | |
care of children
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