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Assess the patient with tension pneumothorax - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Absence of
breath sounds on the affected side, on equal chest rise, pulses paradoxus,
tachycardia and dysrhythmias such as progression to ventricular
tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation, JVD, narrow pulse pressure, and
tracheal deviation.
Treatment is needle decompression with a 14 to 16 gauge catheter at least
2 inches long just above the third rib. After decompressing treat for shock
and breathing compromise.
, Calculate total body surface area burned - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Rule of nines for
adults- Head is nine anterior chest And abdomenis 18, Back is 18, Arms
are nine genitals are one and legs are 18.
Rule of nines for pediatric patients Dash head is 12, anterior chest and
abdomen is 18, Back is 18 arms are nine genital is one and legs are 16.5
each.
Rule of nines for infants - - head is 18 anterior chest and abdomen is 18,
Back is 18, arms Are nine, genitals are one, and legs are 13.5.
The trick to remembering the rule of nines for infants, pediatrics and adults
is to remember that only the head and legs change. As the head gets
smaller in proportion to the body the legs get bigger. Remember head size
as nine for adults 12 for pediatrics and 18 for infants. You can then work
out the legs through process of Elimination.
Categorize burn severity - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Major burns include - any burns
involving hands, feet, face, major joints, genitalia, or circumferential burns